A YORK hotel has carried out research into the bedtime habits of Brits, and discovered that we are truly creatures of habit.

The York Innkeeper’s Lodge in York has found 93 per cent of people have their own favourite side of the bed to sleep on at night, and over three quarters of us keep to them even if we are staying away from home.

And with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, they also revealed that most men are actually proving their romantic credentials every night of the year by generously offering up first choice of the favoured side to wives and partners, while women are more likely to demand first pick of the side they feel most comfortable on.

Now The Diary doesn’t know about any other household, but at Diary Towers our significant other is just pleased if we refrain from farting and then holding her head under the covers.