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Man changes name to Buzz Lightyear

An English mechanic has changed his name to Buzz Lightyear, to celebrate the release of Toy Story 3.

Steve Bolton, from West Bromwich, used the UK Deed Poll service to make it official, reports The Sun.

The 26-year-old said: "I'm a massive fan of Toy Story and Buzz is a great name.

"My girlfriend is going to love telling people she's going out with Buzz Lightyear.

"I hope kids will ask me for my autograph. It's going to feel great signing my name and introducing myself to people."

A spokesman for the Deed Poll Service added: "Steve seems to be a dedicated fan and we were more than happy to help him out with his name change."

Prisoners escape jail guarded by a dummy

Two prisoners have escaped from a jail in Argentina which was using a dummy to man one of its guard towers.

Prison staff say only two of the 15 guard towers at the jail could be occupied at any given time due to a lack of resources, reports the BBC.

The illusion of an extra guard was created when they put a prison officer's cap on a football in a third tower.

Escaped convicts Walter Pozo and Cesar Andres, who were serving sentences for armed robbery, are still on the run.

"We've made a dummy out of a football and a prison officer's cap, so that the prisoners see its shadow and think they're being watched," an unnamed prison source told local newspaper Diario Rio Negro.

"We named him Wilson, like in the film Cast Away, and put him in one of the towers," the source added, referring to the volleyball Tom Hanks' character used for company.