Churchill and Austen to be replaced by wildlife on British banknotes

March 11, 2026
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Churchill and Austen to be replaced by wildlife on British banknotes

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from London: Winston Churchill, disliked in India for his role in the 1943 Bengal famine, and Jane Austen will no longer feature on British banknotes and instead be replaced by British wildlife.Churchill currently features on £5 notes with his quote “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”, and […]

February 28, 2026
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World

Winston Churchill statue vandalised in London: Man arrested for writing ‘Free Palestine’

[ad_1] Winston Churchill’s statue vandalised in London (Image/X@BROKENBRITAIN0) A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of defacing the statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, Westminster. Police said that he is also being investigated for alleged links to the activist group Palestine Action, marking the first such arrest since the high court ruled […]