Still got a paper £5 note in your purse or wallet?

Well, you only have until Friday, May 5, to spend it before it ceases to become legal tender and will no longer be accepted in shops.

Since the new plastic note featuring Sir Winston Churchill were introduced last September, the old fivers have steadily been withdrawn from circulation.

The new polymer notes have increased security features and are more difficult to counterfeit.

You can take your old £5 notes, featuring the image of prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, to a bank, building society or Post Office to exchange them for a new polymer version.

All Bank of England notes retain their face value forever and you will still be able to exchange the paper note after May 5, 2017.

If your local bank, building society or Post Office is not willing to accept these notes then they can be exchanged with the Bank of England in London.

The Bank of England will also reimburse the face value of any accidentally damaged, mutilated or contaminated banknotes, providing there are sufficient fragments.

Paper notes issued by banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland are not being withdrawn.

The three Scottish banks, Clydesdale Bank, Bank of Scotland and RBS have also started to print their £5 notes on polymer.