Kristin Scott Thomas and James McAvoy's actress wife Anne-marie Duff will star as John Lennon's aunt and mother in a story of the late Beatle's early life.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have been invited back to Israel - 43 years after the Beatles were banned from the country.

John Lennon’s murderer, Mark Chapman, has been denied parole because of the “extreme malicious intent” of his crime, officials said.

John Lennon’s sister said today she believes her brother’s murderer will be killed if he is released from prison.

John Lennon's half-sister is furious his widow Yoko Ono is displaying pornographic paintings of the ex-Beatle's late mother - and she's determined to have them removed.