Paul McCartney has insisted Yoko Ono was not responsible for the end of The Beatles.

INFAMOUS record label owner Allen Klein, who played a key role in the demise of the Beatles andalso took control of some of the Rolling Stones’ best-known songs, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

John Lennon’s schoolbook is expected to fetch £100,000 (€143,000) when it goes under the hammer later this month.

A British man was jailed after trying to defraud a fund set up to help people affected by the September 11 terror attacks, authorities said today.