IT'S a sign of the times – a survey, reported in the Daily Express, claims that payments from the Tooth Fairy have shot up to as much as £10 a tooth as children feel the benefits of the economic up-turn.

Instead of the traditional coin under the pillow for a young child who loses a baby tooth, some parents are now leaving £5 or £10 notes and the average payment from the Tooth Fairy is £2.10 per tooth - up from £1.50 five years ago.

YOU would think that any newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch would be treading very carefully at the moment.

The Australian's media empire is under extreme scrutiny following the phone hacking scandal in the UK and Murdoch himself is seen as having had far too much influence with British politicians over  the past few years.