Bank of England unveils code-breaker note

Updated March 25 2021 - 7:27pm, first published 7:22pm
Alan Turing's decryption work was pivotal in the WWII Battle of the Atlantic.
Alan Turing's decryption work was pivotal in the WWII Battle of the Atlantic.

The Bank of England has unveiled a new note celebrating mathematician Alan Turing, whose code-breaking skills helped win WWII but who apparently killed himself after his conviction for gay sex.

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