Gay mathematician Alan Turing’s ‘Universal Machine’ – the basis for all modern computers – has been voted the greatest British innovation of the 20th century.

The computer scientist developed the theoretical machine in 1936. His idea was for a device that would read and write symbols on a tape – effectively a programmable computer.

He went on to be a code breaker during World War II, cracking the Nazi’s Engima code which helped the Allies win the war.

British band Fiction are releasing a slow, synth-heavy tribute to Alan Turing, to be released on 4 March this year.

Turing, renowned for being one of the reasons the Allies won World War 2,  committed suicide in 1954 after being hounded by the UK government for his sexuality.

In an interview with Out magazine, openly bisexual lead singer Mike Barrett discovered Turing while reading his algorithms.

Sandwiched in between a Ladbrokes bookmaker and a Greggs bakers on a pretty ordinary street in Manchester, England is a theater. It's called the Dancehouse these days but back in 1951 it was known as The Regal. It was outside The Regal that British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist Alan Turing met Arnold Murray, a 19 year old gay man who would ultimately play a huge part in Turing's suicide just a few years later.

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is set to play the gay maths genius Alan Turing in the new film The Imitation Game.

The British actor will step into the shoes of the man that helped win World War 2 and was later prosecuted for his homosexuality in the forthcoming biopic.

Based on a script by first-time screenwriter Graham Moore, it was bought by Warner Bros in 2011 for a seven-figure sum.  

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio was set to play the mathematician, but when he said he was no longer interested the studio dropped the film.

Leading scientists including Professor Stephen Hawking have launched a new call on the British government to pardon gay codebreaker Alan Turing.

Turing helped crack the Enigma code, helping the Allies understand German communications and ultimately win the Second World War.

But in 1952 he was convicted for ‘gross indecency’ with another man by a British court and accepted treatment with female hormones – also known as chemical castration – as an alternative to prison.

Those events are blamed for his decision to commit suicide just two years later.

British teachers must improve the way they tackle homophobic bullying or risk being given a worse school report by government inspectors.

That will be one message of the Schools Out National Conference in Manchester, north west England, in February, which aims to support teachers in making all schools LGBT friendly.

This year’s summit comes as UK government school inspectors, known as OFSTED, prioritize LGBT bullying in the way they score schools for the first time.

Britain's Labour Party has announced it is supporting a campaign for the pardon of gay Second World War hero Alan Turing.

The left-wing party is hoping that, by showing their support, the current coalition government will be forced to alter its position. Many existing MPs have already shown support for the campaign.

Turing, worked during the Second World War as a code-breaker. He committed suicide in 1954 after struggling with his homosexuality.

This year has been an incredible year for Britain. This summer when we hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games we showed ourselves at our very best: a country with progressive values, an inclusive and diverse society coming together to show what we can do.

The last time we hosted the Olympic Games was in 1948, shortly after the defeat of fascism, in a Britain facing the challenges of rebuilding a nation after the Second World War.

The campaign to have World War II mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing feature on a British banknote has received its first official government response after receiving over double the required response and Turing has been added to the Bank of England’s shortlist.

UK Government e-petitions are responded by a relevant Government department if they garner more than 10,000 signatures and the Alan Turing banknote campaign has garnered more than 22,000.

UK schools are being encouraged to start planning their activities for LGBT History Month with a pre-launch event taking place in Bletchley Park to celebrate the life of Alan Turing.

The event, taking place on 15 November and organised by SchoolsOUT, coincides with the 100^th birthday of Turing, whose groundbreaking coding work during World War II helped save thousands of lives and is often credited as the father of the modern computer. However, he was hounded by the authorities for his homosexuality, and eventually committed suicide.

Alan Turing has been praised by leading British spy Iain Lobban, saying 'enduring lessons' can be drawn from his work.

Lobban is director of GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), Britain's 'listening station' giving ears to its intelligence services.

He said there were 'many parallels between the way we work now and the way we worked then' in reference to the World War II hero.

The gay scientist, mathematician and World War 2 codebreaker Alan Turing is being honored with his own Monopoly edition.

The man that helped win World War 2 and was later prosecuted for his homosexuality, the beloved board game is paying tribute to 100 years since the father of computer science was born.

Turing’s Monopoly will replace houses and hotels with huts and blocks, and the spaces on the board will all feature locations important in Turing’s life, including his birthplace in Maida Vale and his school in Dorset.