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As 4,000 mostly hysterical school-skipping girls lined the Tarmac on their arrival, Paul McCartney, 21; George Harrison, 20; and Lennon and Starr, both 23, were given their first taste of what the US had in store for The Beatles

Nestled into the hillside overlooking Cardigan Bay, Portmeirion, with its pastel-coloured villas, mirrors a small Italian village on Lake Maggiore's edge but is actually in Wales

Cilla would invite family down from Liverpool and 'always tried to make Christmas special'

A look back on the glittering career of the Mirror reporter who broke the biggest stories, including The Beatles' split

Bernadette Byrne, who was dating George Harrison at the time, witnessed the phenomenon unfold at a 1963 gig at Southport’s Floral Hall which kicked off the group's first tour