Soon hedgehogs and badgers will replace Alan Turing and Jane Austen on bank notes, in a deeper political and cultural shift ...

The Bank of England plans to replace historic figures like Winston Churchill and Jane Austen on UK banknotes with native wildlife, after a public consultation showed strong support for nature-themed ...

The BOE held a public consultation on refreshing its money last year and found nature emerged as the 44,000 responses' most popular theme.

Replacing Winston Churchill with hedgehogs on our banknotes is an act of historic cowardice The last thing we should be doing is subordinating our history to the politics of progressive interest ...

"Our data will contribute to further studies, including one looking at hedgehogs, foxes and badgers. There is more research needed, and public participation has huge potential to help us understand ...