Humorous news article tag-lines

[Ambleton]

I spotted this on the BBC earlier:



And thought I would start a thread on news articles (from reputable outlets) with humerous titles. Extra points if its Covid-19 related.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-52571...

[Dr Jekyll]

[Ambleton]

Dr Jekyll said:

Funny you mention that. My dads company phone is on EE and he calls the "everything elsewhere" because he can never get phone signal at home

[JuanCarlosFandango]

Cork Man Drowns gets me every time.

[Scotty2]

"Aberdeen man lost in North Atlantic"




Clue: April 1912.

[Dr Jekyll]

'Aberdeen business owner wins presidential election'

From 2016

https://www.ellontimes.co.uk/news/aberdeenshire-bu...

[glazbagun]

Still a favourite:

[Unbusy]

Scotty2 said:

"Aberdeen man lost in North Atlantic"
Clue: April 1912.

Ha! I heard this in ‘76 except it was told to me as ‘Elgin man lost at sea’.
It must’ve varied by local newspaper area.

[snowandrocks]

North East man lost at sea is the well known one supposedly from the Aberdeen based Press and Journal.

[cologne2792]

[glazbagun]

cologne2792 said:

Those dastardly Chinese.

[dazwalsh]