SIR Paul McCartney has stepped up a bid to reclaim the ownership of the many Beatles hits he wrote with John Lennon.

The musician filed a lawsuit in New York against Sony/ATV, the publishing giant that holds the rights to classics including Love Me Do and All You Need Is Love, on Wednesday.

The original rights to the songs, penned by Lennon and McCartney between 1962 and 1971, were sold by the pair at the time in exchange for royalties.

The catalogue was then famously bought by Michael Jackson in 1985 and was sold to Sony/ATV following the star's death in 2009.

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The funeral of Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt will take place on Thursday afternoon following his death on Christmas Eve.

The private service will take place at Woking Crematorium in Surrey.

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Popular reality show Wife Swap is to return for a Brexit-themed one-off special.

Families with opposing views in the EU debate will trade places for a week for “ordinary” people to have their say on the thorny political issue.

The 60-minute episode, due to air on Channel 4 later this year, will be the first since the show ended nearly eight years ago.

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Kim Kardashian is rumoured to be making a cameo appearance in the upcoming Ocean’s Eight.

The reality star and her model sister Kendall Jenner will both appear in the movie, according to reports in the US.

The female-led heist movie already boasts a galaxy of stars among the cast, including Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Paulson and Rihanna.

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