A 33-year-old man is unable to go abroad because his surname has been judged too rude to be printed on a passport. Kenny Kennard amused himself by changing his surname by deed poll to “Fu-Kennard” but has since had his passport application denied because his name “may cause offence”.

Pensioner circumcised by accident  

A pensioner who went for a routine operation ended up being circumcised after a hospital blunder. Terry Brazier, 70, says he was so busy chatting to nurses at Leicester Royal Infirmary he didn’t realise that he wasn’t being given the cystoscopy he was expecting. He has been given £20,000 compensation.

Prisoner dresses as daughter in escape bid 

A prisoner in Brazil tried to escape from prison by disguising himself as his teenage daughter. Drug trafficker Clauvino da Silva put on a silicon mask, wig and clothes to resemble his 19-year-old daughter but warders spotted the ploy. He was transferred to a unit of a maximum-security prison and will face disciplinary sanctions.