Lennon honoured with talking doll

Legendary former Beatle John Lennon is to be honoured in the wake of the 25th anniversary of his death with a talking doll.

The Imagine hitmaker, who was shot dead outside his New York City apartment on 8 December 1980, will be replicated in a 46-centimetre (18-inch) action figure after his widow Yoko Ono sold the rights to his image to a toy manufacturer.