Tragic true story behind Fairytale of New York singers: How Kirsty MacColl was killed in speedboat accident days before Christmas – while The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan battled alcoholism and eight-year brain condition

Singer Kirsty MacColl, who duetted with Shane MacGowan in the festive hit, died aged 41 in 2000 after a horrific boating accident while scuba diving in Mexico...