[Big Arnold]

Italian police recover stolen Renior and Rubens masterpieces as five men 'behind Hollywood-style £26m heist' are arrested after 17-month hunt

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5975949/ Italian-police-recover-stolen-Renior-Rubens-masterpieces-17-month-hunt.html

[Andy McDandy]

Dave Gorman did a piece on this trend - the theory is that because there's so much clickbait out there, the old fashioned headline that teased at the content of the story is no longer used, as people just don't have the time or inclination to stop and read. So now the headline needs to effectively precis the story in one sentence.

[Cyclist]

Which is all very good Andy, but doesn't explain who Renior (sic) was

[Samanfur]

Dave Gorman did a piece on this trend - the theory is that because there's so much clickbait out there, the old fashioned headline that teased at the content of the story is no longer used, as people just don't have the time or inclination to stop and read. So now the headline needs to effectively precis the story in one sentence.

When I was doing my journalism training, the way that we were taught to open a story was to look at our opening sentence (or the first twenty-five words, whichever came first) and see if we could put the phrase "Guess what, Mum!" in front of it, and have it make sense. You had to summarise the story and grab people straight away.

As you say, the rise and rise of the clickbait headline seems to've made thag technique acceptable for headline-writing now. I should probably ask my course director if he still tries to teach creative sub-editing as far as headlines're concerned, or whether market forces mean that he's gone down this route.

[Kreuzberger]

When I was doing my journalism training, the way that we were taught to open a story was to look at our opening sentence (or the first twenty-five words, whichever came first) and see if we could put the phrase "Guess what, Mum!" in front of it, and have it make sense. You had to summarise the story and grab people straight away.

Guess what, Samanfur. I have not just nicked that but also deployed it in the wild!

[Big Arnold]

Yet the attackers were stunned after the 55-year-old fought back and reigned down a barrage of punches and hit them with her handbag as she tries to fight them off.

[Big Arnold]

A mother-of-two has launched a landmark £1million court case against a beauty salon over claims a £200 dying treatment that involved her hair being washed six times caused a massive stroke.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... TROKE.html

[Big Arnold]

Billionaire Viscount Chelsea's son, 19, caught speeding through roadworks claimed he 'lost concentration because he was excited at being close to his family's Scottish estate'

Plucky student told the court he drove fast as he was 'excited' about being home

Yeah. It needs guts to exceed the speed limit by 20mph.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ement.html

[Daley Mayle]

Single mother's son, 19, caught speeding through roadworks claimed he 'lost concentration because he was excited at being close to his family's sink estate'

The vermin deserves horse whipping

[MisterMuncher]

Only four points and 300 quid fine?

I thought that breaking temporary/works speed limits carried a double penalty by default, given the added danger factor

[Big Arnold]

RAF aerial photographs of the hedge, dating back to the early days of flight in the 1930s, were pawed over in detail and the judge made a site visit

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Lucky they weren't poured over.

[Big Arnold]

Mr Shah sells luxury Ferraris, Lamborghinis and McLaren's from his show room

[Big Arnold]

People were heard shouting 'run' before hoards of people made for the emergency exit in a state of panic.

[Daley Mayle]

Headline

Jilted bride-to-be, 54, set fire to her ex-fiance's house after he cancelled wedding when she hit him over the head with an ornamental crab after she discovered he'd been unfaithful