
01 Dec: Strange times as eurozone woos UK Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the EU Commission, says that the UK is reappraising the euro because of the credit crunch
03 Dec: Mandelson rejects euro talk claim Lord Mandelson denies telling Mr Barroso
04 Dec: Pound hits new low against euro £1 equivalent to EUR 1.148 after the Bank of England cut its official bank rate to 2%
14 Dec: Pound 'buying less than a Euro' Bureau de change offering EUR197.13 for £200
22 Dec: 'Euro tourists' crossing border Northern Ireland shopkeepers enjoying a boom; some offering direct 1.00 EUR = £1 price conversion
and from November:
27 Nov: Are Danes warming to the euro? Prime Minister Rasmussen thinks it's a good idea