Your Understated Uk Tabloid Headline Of The Day

It’s no secret to anyone – or at least, it shouldn’t be – that no one does ridiculous “human interest” stories like the UK papers do. From stories of electrocution and alien abduction to classics of the “Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster” ilk, nobody does it better.

So, I was pleased this morning while doing my daily Winegums/etc trawl to come across this subtle little pull on the front page of the Daily Mail:

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS, RUN FOR THE HILLS!

Seriously, is this news to them? Anyone who knows anyone who farms sheep will tell you that ravens and crows aren’t the nicest birds to have around when the ewes are lambing, still, we commend the Mail on their calm and measured journalism.

Hands up who reckons that the granddaddy of the Daily Mail heard Orson Welles’ The War Of The Worlds broadcast and thought, “Now that’s what I call journalism!” before rushing to the presses to get started?