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A Scottish baby was officially named Pasty, rather than Patsy, after council staff got the spelling wrong on her birth certificate. James and Abbie Gallacher, from Clydebank, had wanted to name their first child after his great-great-grandfather Patsy Gallacher, the Celtic football legend. They were notified of the mix-up by The Sun on Sunday. “I dug out the birth certificate and just thought, ‘Oh my God,’” said Abbie. “We spent such a long time picking the name as a tribute and it feels like a slap in the face.” The name has now been corrected.

A statue unveiled in Kosovo to honour Tony Blair’s role in securing the country’s independence has been mocked for its poor likeness to the former PM. “Why have they put a statue of Jason Donovan up in Kosovo?” asked one social media user. The statue has pride of place in a square in Ferizaj, in southern Kosovo. Earlier this month, on a visit to Kosovo, Blair met five men named “Tonibler” in his honour.

A Republican politician in Vermont has apologised after being caught on video pouring water into the bag of a Democratic colleague in the state assembly.The victim, Jim Carroll, mounted a camera above the spot where he hung his tote bag to find out why it had been repeatedly soaked over the course of five months.The footage revealed the culprit to be Mary Morrissey, who Carroll has known since childhood. “I am truly ashamed for my actions,” she said. She begged colleagues to forgive her “poor judgement”, but has yet to explain her behaviour.