A sprightly centenarian has revealed the secret to staying sharp in old age - playing VIDEO GAMES.

Instead of knitting or playing bingo Kathleen Kit Connell, known as Kit, spends two hours a day tapping away at her favourite console. And the grandmother-of-one, who still lives independently, said she has used the Nintendo DS Lite, so much she even wore out her first console and had to replace the computer.

Kit, who according to the game has the mental age of 64, said: "It's absolutely super. I don't feel a day over 80.

"I can't speak highly enough of it.