What would you do with an extra hour each day? (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

What would you do with an extra hour each day?

A QUARTER of Britons would sleep, sit down, have a cuppa or do absolutely nothing if they were granted an extra hour of time, according to a new survey.

Only five per cent would exercise and seven per cent would visit friends or family. In Swindon taking a break was a popular choice. The poll was commissioned by Victim Support to launch a new campaign encouraging people to give up an hour to raise cash for the charity.

Its Sunrise Appeal will call on them to "make some time for the victims of crime". The survey of 1,000 adults by NOP World found four per cent would go shopping if they were magically granted an extra hour, and one per cent would have sex.

Victim support spokesman Paul Fawcett said: "People often say they don't have enough time in the day to get things done. But the survey shows that 'stay-in-bed Britain' is thriving, or rather it's reaching for the snooze button.

"As part of the Sunrise Appeal we want to do something about that by asking people to get busy raising money for just one hour. The appeal will help us achieve our ambition of being there whenever someone needs us, so we need people to get out of bed and make some time for victims of crime."

The campaign runs from April 25 to May 1. For more information visit www.makesometime.org.uk