Yoko Oko has bought John Lennon's childhood Liverpool home and donated it to the National Trust.

The house where John Lennon lived with his Aunt Mimi was sold for over £150,000 and will now be saved for the nation after initial fears that it may be sold to a buyer with little interest in the history of popular music.

'I think Menlove Avenue has an important place in Beatles history and it saddened me to think that it might be lost,' said Yoko Ono. 'The fact that this is happening the same week that Liverpool airport is officially opened as Liverpool John Lennon airport would have made my husband very happy.'

Ono met the Prime Minister's wife, Cherie Booth to unveil a statue of Lennon at the renamed airport.