Best Ever Newspaper Headline ....?

Ditch · 2014-07-13 14:40:42

About fifteen years ago now, I was in a works tea room and there was a copy of the Sun left on the table. A little, inch or so column on the open page caught my eye, for some reason. I wandered over and read it: " Farmer, Terry Suggdon, has become so enraged with thieves, regularly entering his land and helping themselves…

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#32 13-07-2014 06:26PM

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FREDDIE STARR ATE MY HAMSTER

Turned out to be untrue of course -

Publicist Max Clifford reveals the truth behind The Sun's classic headline during his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.

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Max Clifford told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that The Sun ran the now infamous headline 'Freddie Star Ate my Hamster' on its front page on March 13, 1986 with his permission, despite the story being untrue.

Starr has always denied eating the creature in question.

Mr Clifford admitted he allowed the story to go ahead in order to drum up publicity for the comedian ahead of a tour.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9072308/Leveson-Inquiry-the-truth-behind-Freddie-Starr-ate-my-hamster.html

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#33 13-07-2014 06:29PM

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Sweden beat Graham Taylors England in the 92 Euros, Swedes 3 TurnUps 0, with a picture of Taylor looking like a Turnip head. Freddie Star ate my Hamster.

Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.

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#34 13-07-2014 06:36PM

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These two

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=86901612&postcount=4001

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#35 13-07-2014 06:46PM

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In the early '90's some journalists named Limerick " Stab City" after numerous stabbings. The Mayor went on record to object to this and said Limerick was in fact "Fab City" That very night an unfortunate was stabbed. Headline next day " Man Fabbed to death in Limerick"

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#36 13-07-2014 06:48PM

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https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/598763/314447.png

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#37 13-07-2014 07:07PM

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Kick in the balls.

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#38 13-07-2014 07:11PM

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The sun when pat the baker died

'Pat the baker is brown bread'

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#39 13-07-2014 07:36PM

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The Sunday indo had an article titled "it's do or die for Di and Dodi" published the Sunday morning as news of their deaths was spreading. The article was about whether they'd ever get married or have kids.

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#40 13-07-2014 07:36PM

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Did see "colour blind motorist given green light to drive." Can't remember where.

Probably was printed somewhere "Brooks to play 5 nights in Dublin"

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#41 13-07-2014 07:43PM

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Mental patient escaped from St Patricks hospital. About an hour later he indecently assaults a woman working in a laundrette but flees when a customer intervenes. Headline on the Herald that evening reads
"Nut screws washer and bolts"

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#42 13-07-2014 07:51PM

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My favourite is when Michael Jackson died, most went with headlines like "King of Pop dies at 50", "Motown legend has myocardial infarction", but the Sun had the amazingly sensitive headline:

Wacko Jacko Heart-Attacko.

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#43 13-07-2014 08:00PM

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years ago when a keeper error (Liverpool iirc) allowed a certain Newcastle midfielder score a late winner against them.

"How did you let that one Ketsbaia?"

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#44 13-07-2014 08:50PM

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Pigeon steals Roast

That was in the local paper a few years back

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#45 13-07-2014 08:56PM

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The Master wrote: »

This One

Yep

"Gordon Ramsay’s Dwarf Porn Double Found Dead In A Badger Den"

I still think of that lad and his diamond encrusted soda stream :pac:

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#46 13-07-2014 09:07PM

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Can't link to it because I'm on my phone but I love this one from the Armagh Gazette:

Over £100m!
Is this the rail price?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught up in land buys
No escape from bureaucracy!

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#47 13-07-2014 09:16PM

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Something simple like this. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/147241/Goat-sex-perv-is-jailed.html

Read the article, i had tears running down my face when i read it years ago.

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#48 13-07-2014 09:19PM

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Even as we speak my husband is shouting " Up your Junta" at the Argies (Falkland war, The Sun).
Michael Barrymore the host of popular game show Strike it Lucky came out as gay, following morning Sun says "Strike it Ducky".

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#49 13-07-2014 09:23PM

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Always get a laugh from the Register.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/12/israeli_one_eyed_robot_snake/

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#50 13-07-2014 09:31PM

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When George Michael crashed his car years back while high on something or other, the Sun went with "Wham!" I thought it was hilarious

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#51 13-07-2014 10:16PM

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Lucky man sees pals die.

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#52 13-07-2014 10:18PM

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pampootie wrote: »

When George Michael crashed his car years back while high on something or other, the Sun went with "Wham!" I thought it was hilarious

Reminds me of the time he was caught out in the public toilets.

'ZIP ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO'

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#53 13-07-2014 10:22PM

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Ex-leader of the British Labour Party was appointed head of an anti-nuclear protest group after he left politics.

The Times headline: "Foot heads arms body"

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#54 13-07-2014 10:50PM

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This is still my favourite: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/The_empire_strikes_back_newsweek.jpg

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#55 13-07-2014 10:57PM

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One of the local papers in Kerry had the typo of "more pubic health nurses needed in Killarney" a few years ago.

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#56 13-07-2014 11:29PM

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God almighty!!! I've been away for the evening and have just checked back.

I've read up to # 32 or 5. Anyway, I'm crying so hard with laughter, I have to go away again ....!

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#57 13-07-2014 11:36PM

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There's a local paper up in Donegal somewhere that has pictures on the front page that aren't actually related to the article, and there's been a few unfortunate incidents. Like a picture of two rather overweight girls going to their debs and an article with the headline "Beached whales on the Strand" or a picture of a local artist and the headline "Garda in Sex Assault Enquiry"

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