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Churchill's granddaughter happy with his picture being replaced on £5 note

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Sir Winston Churchill will be replaced on the £5 note by an animal, the Bank of England has said. Emma Soames, granddaughter of Sir Winston, told BBC Newsnight she was happy with the idea and she rejected Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's characterisation of the change as "wokery". The Bank governor criticised emails between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein during the financial crisis. In the lead up to the Chancellor delivering her Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility published their report early in error. Almost half of household electricity customers in Northern Ireland have never switched from the largest supplier, Power NI. The drone-like contraption flew from Sangatte and neared the cliffs of Dover before splashing down. Two couples struggling to afford London prices bought a flat together. Add two babies and how is it going? "Just stop being cruel to people", one victim says. Seema Misra and Janet Skinner share their feelings of pain and call for accountability in the Post Office scandal.…

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