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New polymer £20 featuring painter Turner enters circulationYou'll soon no longer find Adam Smith in your wallet or purse. The economist has been replaced as the face of the £20 note by artist JMW Turner.The Bank of England said the new polymer £20 - which enters circulation on Thursday - is its most secure ever banknote.It includes two see-through windows and a two colour foil to help beat forgers.The Bank reckons half of all ATMs across the UK to be dispensing the new notes in just two weeks' time.The new £20 is the third plastic banknote to be issued in the UK after the fiver featuring Winston Churchill - launched in 2016 - and the tenner featuring Jane Austen, which was first issued in 2017.
Dozens of Cats Poisoned in Central GreeceMore than twenty stray cats were found dead in the town of Trikala, central Greece on Sunday morning, apparently poisoned by a local person, an animal welfare group announced in a Facebook post.A video posted on a Facebook page called “Stray Dogs of Trikala” shows at least ten dead cats, but voluteers say that at least 20 had actually been killed.