Dildo-wielding rainbow monkey booked for kids’ reading event

A library has apologised after a dildo-wearing man in a rainbow-coloured monkey suit was booked for a children’s reading event. An unnamed actor wore the costume, complete with exposed buttocks, at the Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge in east London. Footage shows his fake penis flapping around as he danced. Parents were less than pleased, with one saying: “Someone needs to lose their job over this.”

World’s ‘most expensive’ burger

A chef in the Netherlands has created the world’s most expensive burger and is selling it for €5,000 (£4,250). The aptly-named ‘Golden Boy’ burger, created by Robbert Jan de Veen of De Daltons diner in Voorthuizen, uses ingredients including Beluga caviar, king crab, Spanish Paleta Iberico and white truffle. Its barbecue sauce is made with Kopi Luwak, an expensive coffee bean and the bun is made with Dom Perignon champagne dough.

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The sweat-based phone charger

Scientists have invented a gadget that turns sweaty skin into a power source that could recharge devices while you sleep. Wearing the device for a ten-hour kip produces enough power to run a watch for 24 hours, according to the team at the University of California San Diego. Experts describe the development as “the holy grail” of energy harvesting.