Robin Rude: Nottingham people are the least polite

PEOPLE from Nottingham are the rudest in Britain... by their own admission.

Close to one in three (29 per cent) of residents of the home of Robin Hood and his Merry Men confessed they were regularly ‘impolite’ to others.

People in Newcastle were the second rudest, with 24 per cent owning up to being discourteous as a general rule, with Londoners and those in Edinburgh coming joint third at 21 per cent.

The most polite place is Cardiff where only 14 per cent admitted being illmannered. Sheffield (15 per cent) and Birmingham (17 per cent) came second and third in a poll of 2,000 people by

Groupon. It also found people polish their politeness by watching Downton Abbey and The Crown.

Rude behaviour includes interrupting someone while they are talking, barging into queues, eating with your mouth full, not holding a door open, not saying please and thank you and whispering while in company.

■ LIVERPUDLIANS will scoff the most mince pies this Christmas – around 20 per person. People in Leeds are second with about 16 while the national average is 15. The total for all the UK will top 781million, according to Konditor.

DRIZZLING extra virgin olive oil on your dinner could help stave off dementia, a new study says.

The superfood is rich in cellprotecting antioxidants that slow brain ageing and protect against Alzheimer’s and memory loss.

Now research in mice shows another group of age-related diseases can be added to the list.

Study author Prof Domenico Pratico, of Temple University in Philadelphia, US, said the oil defends against ‘mental decline’ and types of dementia caused by a build up of abnormal ‘tau’ protein in the brain.