Option (Alt) key not creating symbols and characters

I have a new MacBook Pro, UK British Keyboard setup and im not sure if the issue came from updating to Lion, or if it was already a problem on Snow Leopard.
The problem i have is that with the Option (Alt) key pressed im not getting most of the symbols that i should. Currently i can only print out '¡ and €' (Option-2 and Option-2), the rest just dont work.
I have been through all the prefrences and changed settings so nothing is using an Option+Key combination, but still not working.
I have also opened the Keyboard Viewer, and with Option pressed it shows that the other symbols are at the correct keys, and when i press the Keyboard Viewer lights up but nothing happens in the text.
Any help will be apreciated, i would rather get the source of the problem than just install software to overwrite the problem.
Thanks

Still having problems here with this. It worked after a re-install of Lion, but now is is back to square one: no euro-sign.
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