New £5 bank notes to be made from plastic
Plastic bank notes are to be issued by the Bank of England for the first time when the new £5 featuring Sir Winston Churchill appears in 2016.
'Positive feedback' from visually impaired for banknotes
Victoria Cleland, the Head of the Notes division for the Bank of England has said that those who are blind or visually impaired will be able to handle plastic banknotes, due to be introduced in 2016.
After working with a test group, Ms Cleland said: "The feedback was positive, about half of them actually preferred polymer and everyone else thought they could get used to polymer".
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