Given your budget the Nikon D50 seems the sensible way to go as it's now available new for just under £400 - the next step up would be either the Nikon D70 or the Canon 350D, but you'd have to pay an extra ~£150. Personally I doubt that it would be worth paying for either of these as the D50 would do the job fine.
Make sure that when you do go to buy you consider all the extra stuff you might need - memory cards, spare battery, tripod, camera bag... it all adds up.
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