Three-quarters of Brits surf Internet in the loo

October 1st, 2009 LONDON - An average British person spends 30 hours online every week, according to a new survey. The study says 93 percent shop and 82 percent manage their finances using the Internet.

August 28th, 2009 BEIJING - The Chinese Health Ministry will announce standard treatment for Internet addiction by the first half of 2010. A doctor involved with the government's research project has dismissed media reports claiming that the treatment standard will list those who surf online for more than 40 hours per week as Internet addicts, China Daily reports.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - Almost twenty percent of British women have gone to work without wearing their knickers, says a new book. The book titled '8 Out Of 10 Brits' by Charlie Croker has revealed that women own 22 pairs of knickers on average - and nearly 1in 5 has gone to work knickerless.

August 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Britons' lazy lifestyle is destroying their sex lives. According to a new survey, three-quarters of couples in the UK have trouble mustering enough energy at the end of the day for a night of passion with their partner.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - More than a third of 2,000 Brits were said to be unfit for sex, with Glasgow being named the laziest city because 75 per cent of the people there do not exercise, suggests a poll. According to Pollsters, who questioned the partakers for the Nuffield Health Report, three-quarters revealed they were too exhausted by the end of the day for love-making.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - A new survey has shown that most Brits on holiday prefer to stick to the traditional postcard to tell family and friends what they have been up to. The survey conducted by Abta found that over half (59 percent) of Brits prefer to send cards than a text or email, and 53 percent prefer to receive them.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - Eleven million Britons have had sex in their motors, according to a new research. People living in the South West are the most likely to get their lovemaking into gear, according to research by price comparison site confused.com.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - A new survey has revealed that 70 percent of Brits have embarrassed themselves at work by doing something silly. The study by biscuit brand Mikado found that while some have broken wind in a meeting, others have worn odd shoes all day, reports the Daily Star.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - Ashton and Keira are the celebrity names that most British parents choose for their children, according to a study. Debra Chatfield at findmypast.com, which carried out the study, revealed that the research team analysed birth records, and found Brits to be using a lot of celebrity names.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley is one celebrity whom most Britons see as an ideal mum, according to a poll. Conducted by Disney Channel, the survey found a majority of British people saying that they would like to have Lumley as their mother.

May 4th, 2009 LONDON - With increasing dependence on technology, over 500,000 Brit workers suffer from Repetitive Surf Injury (RIS)- caused by excessive surfing of Internet on computers and mobiles. RIS is used to describe the health problems of Britons suffering agonising muscle damage caused by the hours they spend hunched over keyboards, balancing laptops on their knees or continually texting on mobile phones and palmtops.

April 30th, 2009 LONDON - The average Briton only has three true friends, concludes a new survey. ost people in the survey claimed to have 16 friends, but 48 per cent admit most of those people are friends 'out of habit'.

April 21st, 2009 LONDON - Music composer James Newton Howard has been nominated twice in the best soundtrack category at the Classical Brits for his work on films The Dark Knight and I Am Legend. Co-composer Hans Zimmer is also nominated for his work in the Dark Knight, reports The BBC.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - One in ten Britons would cheat on their partner if they thought they could get away with it, a new survey has revealed. Also, a fifth of Brits fantasise regularly about having an affair, the poll of 3,000 married couples revealed.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - Brits lead the way when it comes to getting steamy in the bed, according to a new survey. In the study conducted by Cosmopolitan magazine more than half of the people admitted using a sex toy in the sack, while a quarter used a webcam.