What you get for discovering a car tyre valve is less clear.

But that is what the Shephard family found as they tucked into their Waitrose Christmas pudding.

They were eating the £3.75 dessert during their Christmas lunch when they discovered the item.

Mrs Shephard said her 88-year-old mother, Maureen, found it after she had actually put it in her mouth.

A tyre valve was found inside the pudding (Image: Sarah Shephard)

"Thankfully,........

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