By James Mackney Move aside Minions, for 'Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie' is the family film of the summer. It has everything: fart jokes, an arch villain who looks like a cross between Albert Einstein and Professor Weetos, sly and silly cultural references and a caped-crusader - in just his underpants! It is a film that unashamedly celebrates the sheer creativity of children’s imaginations. Within the first 10 minutes there is a joke about Uranus being a gas giant....

A gay man who is being wrongly branded a paedophile by vile thugs in a sustained hate campaign says he will not be run out of his home. Charlie Joyce, 30, has been subjected to vile verbal abuse, graffiti and smashed windows since moving into his flat nine months ago. All the windows to his flat have been smashed with hurled bricks and he has even had "paedophile" and "grass" daubed on his outside walls after reporting the abuse to...

Retailers along Oxford Street are shifting their focus from millennials to Generation Z this summer in order to attract the growing spending power of young consumers. The move is part of a wider ambition for the prestigious street to become the most Gen-Z-friendly shopping district in the UK. Selfridges, John Lewis, Accessorize and Lush are just some of the top retailers along the street who are responding to pre-held expectations held by this group of consumers, and are now setting...

Shocking new research has revealed that a quarter of people who voted for Brexit - the equivalent of over 4.3 million people - believe they were duped by the Leave campaign. With several promises outlined as part of the campaign since rubbished following the vote many Leave voters unsurprisingly feel they were lied to by prominent campaigners such as Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. But even though the politicians peddled blatant fabrications in order to settle Britain's divorce with...

Leaving dirty dishes in the kitchen and posting social media updates hinting the house is occupied are amongst the most common home security hacks adopted by Brits. Researchers also found other savvy holidaymakers allow neighbours to park on their driveway, and put the recycling out for them on bin day. Other tactics include putting paperwork which has personal information on out of sight, and hiding smaller, easy-to-steal items such as jewellery. It also emerged the more creative among us even...

These rare photographs show the Northern Lights and the Milky Way in one awe-inspiring frame. In one star-filled image, you can see the billions of stars that make up the galaxy, along side the purple and green hues known around the world as the Aurora. Photographer Maciej Winiarczyk, 44, watched the fascinating display from his window. He said: "On that particular night, I went out and I thought, 'I hope to catch Aurora.' "The spot is five minutes drive from...

Game of Thrones tourism has led to an increase in flight-searches to fictional lands such as Kings Landing and Dorne, according to flight data. Following the huge success of Game of Thrones season seven flight booking site Kiwi.com has noted hundreds of flight-searches to the mythical lands of Westeros and Essos as Brits confuse the locations on screen as real destinations. Furthermore, Brits searching for the fictional 'North' are coming across northern UK locations, sparking an increase in searches to the likes...

A dim sum recipe from Royal China.

 A pretty West African shrub, which has been the basis of ceremonial rituals and for medicinal purposes for hundreds of years has recently begun being used in mainstream medical treatments of drug addicts. Its name is Tabernanthe Iboga, and the barks of this plant’s roots are filled with an active alkaloid which is called ibogaine. Upon the western world’s discovery of this fascinating plant towards the end of the 1960s, the foundations for one of the most effective treatments for...