We put this in 'offbeat' rather than 'news' for a very good reason.
1. Daily Mail: Sandwiches
Full story here.
2. Daily Express: The madness of human rights
Full story here.
3. Daily Star: Black-eyed ghost children
A theme that recurred.
4. The Sun: More devil children
More here. The Sun later admitted it had made a mistake with this one.
5. Daily Mirror: The new plague of rats
Full story here.
6. New York Post: The voyeur
Full story here.
7. The Toronto Sun: Mayor on crack
Full story here.
8. The Courier Mail: Obesity warning
However wonderful they all were, none, sadly, could beat this from 2011:
And yes, it really happened
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