Just over a fifth of people tip their hairdresser, while postmen are the next most like trade to receive a festive tip (22 per cent) followed by binmen (15 per cent).

Andrew Turner, 38, from St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, was always very careful about what he ate but didn't realise the bread had nuts in it and went into sudden anaphylactic shock.

A survey of the price of 33 'essential' seasonal products – from turkeys to satsumas – by a trade magazine found Tesco’s basket cost £135.80 – 41p cheaper than Asda.

Critics said Gary Lineker 'killed the suspense' after he introduced the Wimbledon champion 'just in case' he won about five minutes before the result, but did not refer to any of the other nominees.

The girl's parents, from Machynlleth in Wales, have spoken of their anger at Mark Bridger's 'disgusting' court bid to have the sentence reduced or overturned.

The organisers of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards said Dame Helen (pictured) won the award after a judge who works for the sponsor revised their vote.

A damning report from the Policy Exchange shows UK families are paying £95 per MWh for onshore wind, compared to £27 MWh in Brazil.

In total, 326,998 fans watched the band play in 2013, but their earnings fell behind Bon Jovi who raked in close to £126m.

Glynis Mackie (centre) who has been leading the 37th Newcastle Guide Unit in Jesmond for more than 25 years said the new pledge 'sidelined' Christianity.

Terminally ill three- year-old Isabella Coomber, from Charlton, South London, has been battling a rare brain tumour since she was one.

The Deputy Prime Minister accused the Tories of trying to ‘pull up the drawbridge’ to the rest of Europe, instead of concentrating on tracking who is entering and leaving Britain.

The former presenter was held on suspicion of indecently assaulting pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Greater Manchester.

House prices in Britain's capital have soared by more than 40 per cent, while the cost of living in Wales, the Midlands and the north has plummeted.

Joshua Smith, 21, has been jailed for 32 months after a police officer recognised him from the footage of the break-in at a house in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Thousands of slaves are thought to work in nail bars, building sites and farms as well as brothels, shops and in domestic servitude.

The Labour leader wants to give places such as Stevenage, Oxford, York and Luton a new 'right to grow', over-riding the objections of neighbouring areas.

Sir Michael Wilshaw said he has concerns about the expected influx of migrants from Bulgaria and Romania and said schools need to have 'enough teachers to teach them and resources available'.

Up to 80 MPs are expected to sign a letter calling for Parliament to be given the right to throw out laws from Brussels so Britain can 'recover control over our borders'. (file picture)

Zeenat Abdala, 16 (left), and her niece Lutfiya Salum were last seen at around midday yesterday as they left their home in Croydon, south London, to go to the library.

Crews were called out to the fire in Hornsey, north London as flames tore through the flat and found the man's body inside as other firefighters were on strike.

Libby Dorman, eight, and her brother Reuben, five, were made to wear the helmets in case they fell off their donkeys as they rode through Neath, South Wales.

A study by Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, found mothers could estimate the height of their older children, but underestimated the size of their youngest.

Researchers at Duke University, North Carolina, discovered there are almost a million variations on 400 smell receptors so that everyone smells things differently.

Scotland Yard said the London arrests were for theft, robbery and public order offences during SantaCon - which saw thousands walk through the streets of the capital as well as other cities across the world.

Also in possession of a hammer, Anthony Underwood (pictured), 27, vandalised a police station before storming through Bedford ‘completely without warning’.

Dangerous criminal Robert Edward Hind, 46, was reported missing on Wednesday, and was last seen in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Electrician Lee Mairs, 24, suffered a fractured skull and bleed to the brain after falling onto some concrete steps outside his hotel in Playa de las Americas in the Canary Islands.

The Victorian rogues’ gallery, compiled by Bath police between 1892 and 1922, includes one fraudster bizarrely dressed as a knight and scores of other villains from all walks of life.

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A preservative called Methylisothiazolinone (MI or MIT), is routinely added to moisturisers, creams, shampoos and wipes but experts claim it is the source of skin reactions.

'I didn't consider myself a heavy drinker,' says TESS STIMSON. 'At 42, my clubbing days were long since behind me, and with three children to look after, I rarely even went to the pub.'

The film industry is in mourning after legendary film actor Peter O'Toole died today at the age of 81.

Shristi Mittal, 26, was surrounded by hundreds of staff and had a national museum closed to the public during the extravaganza which brought Barcelona to a standstill.

Malaysian photographer Guek Hock Ping, 50 captured the deadly insects walking through the jungle with piles of dried corpses on their backs.

The Vintage Wash House in Skipton, West Yorkshire lines its shelves with soap flakes and crystals, white vinegar and bicarbonate of soda.

Carl McCoid, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, has 22 portraits, lyrics and quotes from the star and says he watches all of her performances.