Rich of March House

Last Friday I bit down on a granary bread sandwich and a sizeable chunk of a molar broke off in my mouth which was much less fun than it sounds.  Today I went to the dentist who said I need a crown on the broken tooth before he stuck a temporary thing in that feels like a large lump of chewing gum.

So in January I have to go back and have a lengthy session of crown fitting.  And, here's the exiting bit, you get to vote on what I do!  Should I:

a) Go for the NHS option - a gold metal crown costing £181.50 to give me "a mouthful of bling" (as the dentist said), or

b) Go for the private option - a white/porcelain crown costing £275.00

I'm leaning towards the more expensive but more natural looking option.  Having never undergone this sort of dentistry before, any opinions would be welcome.  Will it hurt?

I've received a nice letter from the police saying that they are going to prosecute me and fine me £1,000 and give me 6 points on my driving license and maybe disqualify me from driving as well, for driving at 49mph in a 30mph speed limit area at 13:31 on the A4 Portway, nr Barrow Hill Road, Bristol.

But I've never ever actually driven there.  Luckily I have plenty of witnesses to prove I was in the office in Hampshire that day, and sitting in a rather dull meeting at exactly the same time that I was allegedly careering through the streets of Bristol according to the policemen.  It looks like I need to tick a box on the form to say that I think they've made a mistake, send an accompanying letter to prove my innocence, and pay the return postage so I'm still inconvenienced by the whole thing.  So much for innocent until proven guilty.