Paul McCartney has recorded a song to accompany a new TV advert for his late wife Linda’s vegetarian food range.

John Lennon’s original draft of the lyrics to the Beatles’ classic A Day in The Life went on sale today, the 39th anniversary of the date Lennon was inspired to compose the song after reading his morning newspaper.

AN Australian music expert questioned how a potential trove of Beatles memorabilia thought to belong to a bodyguard shot dead by Los Angeles police almost three decades ago ended up in a sleepy town Down Under.