Italian politician opposed to mandatory vaccination of children is hospitalised with chicken pox.

Its good but no newspaper headline beats this:

After inverness beat Celtic at football

That’s a great story, but a terrible headline, SR.

‘Spot the idiot!’ would be the tabloid version.

http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/daily-express2.jpg

Freddy Starr ate my hamster. The Sun
World War 2 Bomber Found on Moon, 14 August 1988. Sunday Sport
World War 2 Bomber Found on Moon Vanishes, 21 August 1988. Sunday Sport.

Australia: hold my beer…

Edit: Apologies, I think I have posted the first one previously.

MPS UP ALL NIGHT WITH HOMOSEXUAL BILL

not a headline, but Jo Whiley once said “Lets hear the latest sound from Courtney Loves Hole”

Lolz @ Hols!

Gotta love The Sport.
My faves: Shoots You
and
I’ve Been Stabbed I Say, I’ve Been Stabbed
(both about true events sadly)
and
World Hide and Seek Champion Found Dead in Cupboard
(maybe not true)

from last year I think.

I love the fact that this was printed on the same page pic.twitter.com/4OvePSMRiW

— Marina Amaral (@marinamaral2) September 13, 2020

HAVE A GOOD DAY, EVERYONE pic.twitter.com/oMDVsaQfDw

— Marina Amaral (@marinamaral2) September 13, 2020

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/02/03/39-funniest-headlines-ever-printed/

Always tickled by “Ball Bags Breakfast”

Bravo BBC News. Bravo. pic.twitter.com/A2sBAIP9bm

— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) October 3, 2018

To give some local relevance to the Titanic disaster –

From that Poke list

That’s the pinnacle of the page layout craft!

Britannia Waives The Rules in the i was good this week

https://www.anorak.co.uk/317093/celebrities/win-a-chance-to-enter-miss-southampton.html

Find the bastard who shat down my chimney! Householder's despair – only in today's Sunday Sport pic.twitter.com/fzkLWiMjVI

— Sunday Sport (@thesundaysport) October 6, 2013

Not sure if it was really a headline but

” 5,000 British troops enter Jordan

– busy weekend even by the ex glamour model’s standards 😉

The surely apocryphal Yorkshire Post headline from February 1952:

“Former Duke of York Dead”

And a real one, best read out loud:

“Rhubarb Woman Gets Custody”

The reason things have to have warning labels…

Reform idea: No-Cock Warrants

— R. Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) October 28, 2020

I love this one:

https://www.outdoorrevival.com/featured/pig-steals-campers-beer-gets-drunk-starts-a-fight-with-a-cow.html

I love this one:

https://www.outdoorrevival.com/featured/pig-steals-campers-beer-gets-drunk-starts-a-fight-with-a-cow.html

Bloody Australians for ya!

Another contender…

And one from my old patch (long after my departure)…
https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/body-found-in-potters-bar-cemetery-1-16954

Loving those last two….

Two I remember from my youth.

Midget in violin case

And

Prostitutes appeal to pope.

My favourite effort of my own was when a story emerged about Jimi Hendrix faking being homosexual in order to avoid being drafted into the army.

So my headline was: Excuse me while I kiss this guy

I was very pleased with myself, and amazed I didn’t see it used anywhere else.

Hmmph, well it got headline of the week in Press Gazette IIRC.

Well I liked it.