The BBC had the perfect payoff for this Cambridge paper’s front page fail

John Plunkett. Updated December 6th, 2017

You might know by now the Cambridge News suffered an unfortunate error on its front page today.

https://twitter.com/GarethMarlow/status/938335937142108160

Every local paper wants to make the national headlines, just not for reasons like this.

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! 100PT SPLASH HEADING HERE!!! pic.twitter.com/ugwHsUKNAB

— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) December 6, 2017

Wow. It’s real. This’ll be featured in newspaper sub-editing courses for years. And available at all good newsagents near you today, folks. pic.twitter.com/JS8YpuedVW

— Chris Rand (@ChrisRandWrites) December 6, 2017

And this was how BBC News covered it on their website.

Well done @BBCNews, well done. pic.twitter.com/SBq5MGoEeS

— Phill Tromans (@PhillTromans) December 6, 2017

Made us smile. Might be a bit too soon for them, though.