London, July 31 : Kids as young as eight encounter nightmare images of porn, violence and horror on the worldwide web, warn Brit MPs, who insist that the spell of Internet’s “dark side” is spreading day-by-day.

According to a Commons report, one in six schoolchildren has seen “nasty, worrying or frightening” content and one in five has faced cyber-bullying.

However, not much is being done by video-sharing sites such as YouTube to prevent kids’ exposure to objectionable content like hard porn, rape, bullying and fist-fights.

In addition, there are sites that promote extreme diets and even suicide.

London, July 31 : New research has shown that three per cent of 100-year olds have referred to an online encyclopaedia, and that four times that number use the Internet.

During the study, three in every hundred centenarians reported that they had done a little research using the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, while two in every hundred said that they had Googled someone.

The study also revealed that three per cent of the centenarians had had browsed the likes of Amazon to find a gift, while two per cent had used the internet to research a health topic.

Seven per cent reported being familiar with e-mail, and more than half of them even said that they had either sent or received digital photos.

London, July 31 : British parents today are not aware that their parenting skills are sorely lacking, leading academics have warned.

Therefore, the Government is palming off the responsibility to schools.

Philip Parkin, general secretary of Voice, the union for education professionals said there has been a “downward spiral” in the quality of parenting and a disintegration of moral boundaries that would affect generations of children.

UK has passed a new rule under which all the international as well domestic passengers at the airports around the country would be fingerprinted.

The reason behind the introduction of this new rule has come from the concern of the common departure lounges, which could allow an incoming international passenger, who could also be a terrorist or criminal, to switch tickets with an accomplice booked on a domestic flight.

While the Britain’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner has criticized this new system, the Home Office thinks it as a security initiative as they are determined to strengthen their borders by using new technology.

London, July 31 : In yesteryears, people would buy an album, put it on the hi-fi and listened to it while reading the lyrics on the record sleeve.

London, July 31 : Here’s another reason why you should get married before 40: being single by the time you hit middle age can increase your risk of dementia, says a new research.

Swedish research, presented at a US conference, found that marriage or having a partner halved the risk of developing dementia.

Scientists believe social interaction between couples may ward off illness.

The Alzheimer''s Research Trust said the results were worrying, given the high divorce rates in the UK.

These findings are particularly worrying for the UK - a society with a high divorce rate, marriage at an all-time low, and ageing population