5 Pound Note

A woman who tried to fly from London's Heathrow Airport with five suitcases stuffed full of bank notes worth 1.9 million pounds ($2.44 million) has been charged with money laundering, UK Border Force said on Wednesday.

A number of Hindu temples in Britain have banned the new 5 pound note after it emerged that it contained animal fat.

One of the UK's largest Hindu temples has urged worshippers not to donate any new 5 pound notes after it emerged they contain traces of animal fat.

The Bank of England on Thursday unveiled the design of a new 5 pound (6.5 euros, $7.2) banknote bearing the image of wartime leader Winston Churchill at an event in his family's ancestral home of Blenheim Palace.

A woman who tried to fly from London's Heathrow Airport with five suitcases stuffed full of bank notes worth 1.9 million pounds ($2.44 million) has been charged with money laundering, UK Border Force said on Wednesday.

A number of Hindu temples in Britain have banned the new 5 pound note after it emerged that it contained animal fat.

One of the UK's largest Hindu temples has urged worshippers not to donate any new 5 pound notes after it emerged they contain traces of animal fat.

The Bank of England on Thursday unveiled the design of a new 5 pound (6.5 euros, $7.2) banknote bearing the image of wartime leader Winston Churchill at an event in his family's ancestral home of Blenheim Palace.