Jane Austen on new £10 notes
Pride And Prejudice author Jane Austen will appear on £10 notes from 2017, the Bank of England has announced.
Austen bank note 'a fantastic day for people power'
Campaigners have hailed the Bank of England decision to have author Jane Austen appear on the new £10 note as "a brilliant day for women and a fantastic one for people power."
A 35,000-name petition was presented to the Bank in the wake of the decision to put Sir Winston Churchill on £5 notes in place of prison reformer Elizabeth Fry - one of only two female selections since historical figures were introduced in 1970.
Caroline Criado-Perez, who set up the petition on campaign site Change.org, said:
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