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The passport rule that prevented Vicky Pattison from boarding her flight – and how to avoid the same mistake

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Former Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison has described how she was denied boarding a flight from Newcastle after gate staff noticed damage to her passport.

Pattison, 36, was boarding an flight to Italy to visit her wedding venue with fiancé Ercan Ramadan, ahead of the pair getting married in September.

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