TWICE AS MANY Brits charge their mobiles before going to sleep as say their prayers, revels a shocking new study.

The Sleep Council polled 1,400 people across the UK and found that hardly any of them go to bed at the same time – or even in the same room – as their partners because they’re playing with electronic gizmos such as phones, computers and electric toothbrushes.

And before people crash out, charging up electrical appliances (22 percent) has taken over from prayers (10 percent) as part of the bedtime routine. One in three make phone calls and sends or receives text or emails in bed. A further one in five keeps busy checking up on social networking sites, playing a computer game or listening to MP3 players.