8th December 1980 - Former Beatle John Lennon was shot to death outside his apartment building in New York City. He was 40.

You can be fined up to £150 for dropping litter in the UK.  (Previously fines had been set by councils, varying between £50 and £80, however now under guidelines drawn up by the Department for Communities and Local Government, litter bugs could face an on the spot fine of £100, and if they do not pay up within […]