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VHG | 15:39 Tue 21st Jan 2014 | News
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Headline on BBC web site:

"60 children unhurt after bus crash in Newport"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25829823

Reminds me of a competition that was held a few years ago to find the most uninteresting headline for a British newspaper.

The winner was "Small earthquake in Chile, not many dead".

The winner for the most exciting headline was:

"Pope's wife gives birth to triplets"
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That IS news surely. And good news furthermore which perhaps we could with more of
'Blind man in manhole plunge payout' remains a firm favourite of mine. (From my local paper).
This reminds of an article in our local paper many years ago. Apparently Mr X and MrsY were fined for 'decent behaviour'
We had a good one in North Devon - "Dog attacks bush in park"
bit of good news really, after all no one was hurt,
For uninteresting headlines I've yet to see anything to beat 'New Year continues' in a Russian newspaper some years ago
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The Shropshire star in 2007 had,"welsh bungalow has neat garden".
"Whitstable mum in custard shortage"

"Sunderland Fire-fighters Rescue Duck From Lake"

"Kitten That Looks Like Hitler - Pictures"

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/45-earth-shattering-local-news-headlines

I love the hat found in a tree one in Ed'd link, especially the finders name :-)
" Antique dealer thought girl was older "
" Prescott leaves Hull and moves to London - IQ of both places rises "
VHG, the Chilean headline was in the Times; it was written in the course of a surreptitious competition among journalists to produce the most boring headline. The winner was Claud Cockburn, who was himself a writer and literary figure of some note who worked at the paper to make money to live on. I think Graham Greene was doing the same at the time.
Surely Vulcan42's , Welsh garden, stands head and shoulders above all others?
bit of a risk

http://fumaga.com/7247
'Posting letters in the dog poo bin' had me and the wife in stitches .
I remember a headline saying "The Sky at Night: A Good Place to See Stars".

To be fair, the Sky at Night bit was a regular headline for a weekly column, the rest was the actual news.
Cant be humorous, but do like that it is a bit of good news for a change, well spotted VHG :-)
The one I'd love to see - "One Shoe In The Road - Mystery Solved!"

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