This prompted traders to cut bets on an easing of rates in August, and sent the pound above $1.30 for the first time since last July. The pound has also been boosted by market hopes that the new ...

A five pound note, plus three one pound coins, makes eight pounds altogether. The space hopper cost £7.75p. £8.00 take away £7, leaves £1. And £1 take away 75p, leaves 25p change. ALIEN ...

What might seem like criminal activity was actually perfectly legal, with the notes being copies of a local pound note last in circulation in 1810. The notes were first printed at a local printing ...