Can you spot the schoolboy error in this Times front page headline?

John Plunkett. Updated March 12th, 2018

So now we know who killed former Russian spy Sergei Skripal. It was the Times.

Don’t we normally wait for someone to die before we call it a death? Isn’t that the tradition? pic.twitter.com/M5D976isQk

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 11, 2018

Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal remain in a critical but stable condition, according to the latest news reports.

And it wasn’t the first time this sort of thing has happened.

Last week the Times front-page headline declared the police officer as in a ‘critical’ condition, despite copy saying otherwise. That morning Amber Rudd had to clarify officer was stable and talking

— Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) March 12, 2018

George Galloway was all over it like a cat who got the cream.

Given that the British spy #skripal is not in fact dead why should we believe anything else in this tawdry parody of the grand old London #Times ?@RT_com @RTUKnews @RussiaHouseEU @RussianEmbassy pic.twitter.com/KVcPgxvVrO

— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) March 12, 2018

Wrong, but not for long. Spot the difference.

Uh oh. The Times issues a second #frontpage version – spy attack victim isn’t dead. pic.twitter.com/HVf9ru8Jdw

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) March 11, 2018

Which reminded us of something.