It’s sofa so good for UK dinners

Newcastle is the TV dinner capital of the UK – with Glasgow in second place.

A poll found that more than half (53 percent) of Geordies eat most evening meals slumped on the sofa in front of the telly.

In Glasgow, 49 percent admitted regularly eat in front of the TV with a tray, followed by Leeds, on 45 per cent.

Londoners were the least likely to tuck into a TV dinner at just 25 per cent.

Overall, 43 per cent of fam i l ies sur veyed by Travelodge said they eat a TV dinner.

And one in 10 British adults admitted they are so tired they choose to eat their dinner in their bedrooms propped up in bed.

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“What I want now is to use my story as a positive for other young people, and all cancer patients, because regardless of your age there are all these battles we can unite on.

“When I was 19, if I could have seen a young MP standing up and speaking about scan anxiety, about early diagnosis, it would have made me feel far less isolated and lonely.

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“If I can be an inspiration to people, or help anyone who is going through that, irrespective of their political views, then that is what I want to do.”

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Nerves from the left-hand inside of her face had to be surgically removed, her bone was drilled and part of her cheekbone removed to get rid of the tumour. She later