Change for the worse
A GOVERNMENT consultation on cash – including the future of 1p and 2p coins – has led to calls to consider the “profound effects” any changes could have on charities, saving and spending.
The Government has raised the prospect of scrapping the coins in documents released as part of the spring statement.
The Royal Mint needs to produce more than 500 million 1p and 2p coins each year to replace those that fall out of circulation. A BOOK OF condolencedl at t Stephen Hawking’s former college in Cambridge has been signed by people from around the world following his death in the early hours of yesterday.
The flag was flying at halfmast at Gonville and Caius College yesterday in honour of the professor, who was a fellow of the college for more than 50 years. A queue of f peoplel wantingti to pay their respects stretched outside the chapel, where a book of condolence has been opened.
Stephanie De Kremer, 23, who studied natural sciences at Cambridge University, brought a bouquet of flowers and queued to sign the book of condolence.
“A lot of my friends who read mathematics went to lectures withith ProfessorPf StephenSth Hawking, H ki and he was always really involved,” she said.
A noticeboard at the college read: “Gonville and Caius College mourns the passing of Professor Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and Fellow of the College for over 50 years. His contribution to science, and to Caius, will never be forgotten.”