London, March 28: Cambridge University researchers say that the time spent in education may reduce people’s risk of dementia later in life.

The researchers compared the mental abilities of elderly people, and found that those born after the school leaving age was raised in the country fared better.

Based on that observation, the researchers came to the conclusion that further changes to the school leaving age could improve mental abilities and curb dementia rates more.

London, March 28: British alcohol campaigners are worried about the effects of the so-called “extreme beer” movement on public health.

The word of caution comes after the launch of a generation of fuller-flavoured ales named Punk IPA, Speed Ball, and O8 that contain mind-blowing alcohol contents.

The speciality bottles, with their intense flavours and alcohol contents of up to 12 per cent, can contain 10 times as much hops as a traditional pint.

London, Mar 28 : Disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff used the London arm of his corrupt investment business as his personal "piggy bank", British fraud investigators have claimed.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) described Madoff Securities International, based in Mayfair, Central London as "a cog in the global washing machine", through which the jailed fraudster had laundered billions of pounds.

London, Mar 28 : A man, dubbed ''Italian Fritzl'', and his son have been accused of the serial rape of their daughters.

Cops have revealed that Michele Mongelli, 64, kept his daughter prisoner and brutally raped her for 25 years.

It is being alleged that accused Mongelli believed it was "his right" to sexually abuse her, reports The Sun.

Police claim he groomed his son Giuseppe to abuse the girl too - along with his own four children. Father and son were last night under arrest in Turin.

London, Mar 28 : British security and intelligence officers have expressed their concerns over the mistreatment of detained terror suspects, interviewed while in US custody abroad.

Military Intelligence-Section 5 (MI5) and Military Intelligence-Section 6 (MI6) recently set up an inquiry to look into the allegations.

The senior officials in MI5 and MI6 have revealed 15 similar cases in which individuals under US control were interrogated by British officers, The Telegraph reported.

London, March 28 : Scientists have reported the discovery of a methane-producing mineral on Mars.

According to a report in Nature News, the evidence for the existence of the mineral, known as serpentine, was found by Bethany Ehlmann, a PhD student at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Ehlmann used a spectrometer on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to identify two small outcrops of the mineral.