Internet is top essential, beating showers and TV

The internet has topped a list of modern-day essentials people say they cannot do without.

A bath or shower, and a television came second and third on the list, leaving comforts such as a daily coffee and make-up further down.

Just under half of those polled (48%) in the British survey said they could comfortably go longer without seeing their family than using the internet. One in eight (12%) admitted they could forego food longer than they could go without social media sites.