That tingly scalp feeling

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Afternoon all, More people die at the coast each year than are killed in cycling accidents. Tom de Castella found that fact from the RNLI when he was researching his story on Christmas swims. If you’re thinking of going for a dip on Christmas morning in the sea in Brighton, you will find a closed-off beach. The council says it’s just too dangerous to continue the 129-year-old event. The thing is, if you’re not used to swimming in cold water you may get a shock and then fight for breath. It’s this struggling for breath that causes people to drown. How dangerous is sea swimming in cold weather? So that Sainsbury's advert where soldiers from opposing sides put aside their differences to play football on Christmas day is based on a real event. But everyone knows that right? Well, it turns out, while the British are obsessed with the story, few Germans have heard of it. The memorial matches, the moment of remembrance at premiership matches and the endless newspaper columns about the match don't happen in Germany. So Sebastian Borger is at a loss to explain to his German readers how the foremost lobby group for service personnel in Britain could have approved of a supermarket's attempt to enlist the story of brave soldiers for the profane task of selling more turkeys and puddings. Viewpoint: Christmas is not for trivialising war There are those of us who get that pleasant tingly feeling in our scalp. And those of us who don’t. It can happen when you’re intrigued or fascinated by something - getting an eye test, a haircut, when a cashier is wrapping something for you. As a child it might have happened when the teacher read a story or standing beside the teacher when she was going through your work. However you get it, it’s a thing. We know that because it’s big on YouTube. People are uploading videos trying to artificially bring on the feeling by folding napkins or crinkling bags. Really. And people are watching in their droves - one video of sound effects designed to trigger the tingling has been watched more than seven million times. ASMR: The videos which claim to make their viewers 'tingle'

Meanwhile... A video of a boyfriend horrified with his girlfriend’s natural hair is proving popular A power plant is burning old banknotes to make electricity Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram is killing hundreds a week

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