A Question Time-style debate between Epsom and Ewell’s General Election candidates scheduled for tonight has been cancelled after electioneering was paused in the wake of the Manchester terror attack.

A panel of Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates were due to face questions from the audience in St Paul’s Howell Hill in East Ewell on the NHS, education, business, foreign policy, defence, Brexit, and many more topics.

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Epsom and Ewell's Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates on the environment

Epsom and Ewell's Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates on the economy

But after a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured dozens more after a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande at the Manchester Arena on Monday (May 23) night, the debate has been cancelled.

A new date has not yet been scheduled.

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Reverend David Senior, curate at St Paul’s Howell Hill invited residents to join the church for a prayer for victims of the attack between 8pm and 9pm.

He added: “We will be praying for all those affected by this atrocity, for the people of Manchester, for the evil which drives such acts of violence to be overcome and for our country as we prepare to vote in the General Election.”

For more information, visit the Facebook event page for tonight's prayer session.