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.

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