Emotional finale to Beatles' long and winding road

TEARS flowed as fans heard the last song from The Beatles yesterday. And that's what all the Fab Four would have wanted.

- Mark Jefferies

Sir Paul McCartney, 81, described Now And Then as "very poignant" and hoped it would give people a "loving feeling".

He added: "That's often what we were trying to do with our records - we were trying to spread love... The key word for people to take away from it: 'Emotion'."

Recording the song - which features Sir Paul, 81, and Ringo Starr, 83, playing along with the late John Lennon and George Harrison - was definitely emotional.

Sir Paul told Radio 1: "When we were in the studio we had John's voice in our ears.