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

London, July 31 : A resort on the Usedom beach on the German-Polish border has sparked fighting between the residents of the two sides, after the removal of a fence separating them.

While Germans want to keep their clothes off on the beach, Polish sun-lovers prefer to cover up and keep their modesty.

A website report says that the liberal German''''s are outraged by their Polish neighbour''''s and their conservative ways.

The report even says that they have decided to hang on to their freedom by simply refusing to cover up their body.

"It''''s a nudist beach. It''''s terrible, that the Poles come over dressed and stare," the Daily Star quoted 44-year-old naked beach-goer Elke Bernholz as saying.