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Due to and Owing to

Due to and owing to both mean 'because of’. Phrases beginning with due/owing to are often separated from the rest of their sentence by a comma.

• The flight was delayed, due/owing to bad weather.
  
• The project has been cancelled, due/owing to lack of support.
  

Due to can be put after the verb be. Owing to cannot be used like this.

• The delay was due to bad weather. (BUT NOT The delay was owing to bad weather.)
  
• A lot of your unhappiness is due to boredom.
  
• My success is due to my education.
  

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