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The Headline Challenge - a weekday event from the Northern Echo & BBC Tees run by former editor Peter Barron.

#HeadlineChallenge: Sci-fi fan Chester Walsh has c

#HeadlineChallenge: Sci-fi fan Chester Walsh has created a Star Wars-themed bar in his back garden in Northampton - including a droid who serves drinks.
My headline is OBI WAN FOR THE ROAD. Can you do better?

#HeadlineChallenge: Football fan Jack Pancaldi is

#HeadlineChallenge: Football fan Jack Pancaldi is so confident of England beating Spain, he’s had a victory tattoo across his chest. However, England is spelled wrong - the tattoo proclaims: “Engerland 2024 winners.”
THEY INK IT’S ALL OVER

Headline Challenge: A cemetery in Thailand has hos

Headline Challenge: A cemetery in Thailand has hosted a special movie night for the dead - with rows of empty chairs.
My headline is BEAUTY AND DECEASED. Can you do better?

The #HeadlineChallenge for Tuesday’s BBC Radio T

The #HeadlineChallenge for Tuesday’s BBC Radio Tees breakfast show with Amy Oakden...
A team of Connecticut students danced for nearly 16 miles in a conga line to break a world record and raise money for an adult day care centre. Pete’s headline, in the style of Cliff Richards, is CONGA-RATULATIONS.

The #HeadlineChallenge for Monday's BBC Radio Tees

The #HeadlineChallenge for Monday's BBC Radio Tees breakfast show with Amy Oakden...
Refuse collectors from across the country have taken part in The National Refuse Championships in Weston-super-Mare. The 24 teams had to race to load wheelie bins before pushing them to bin lorries in the fastest time. It is hoped more than £20k will be raised for research into alzheimer's disease.
Peter Barron’s headline is THE GRAND TRASH-IONAL. Can you do better?

#HeadlineChallenge - Friday Iain Grant was charge

#HeadlineChallenge - Friday
Iain Grant was charged £34 when he ordered a curry online while visiting Falmouth, only to find the takeaway was boarded up when he got there. Still no refund weeks later...Peter Barron goes with
OH NO! YOU CAN'T TIKKA THAT AWAY FROM ME!

Can you Spice up BBC Tees Friday with a winning headline to top Peters?

(Picture: Iain Grant/SWNS)

#Headlinechallenge MONDAY A Japanese man, known as

#Headlinechallenge MONDAY
A Japanese man, known as Toko-San, has spent £12,500 on a lifelike dog costume so he can live like a collie - his favourite breed...
@peterbarronmedia has taken a strong lead with…
FOR HE'S A COLLIE GOOD FELLOW
Can you do better than that? Tune in to Neil Green & the BBC Radio Tees team this morning to hear who’s today’s headliner top dog.

#Headlinechallenge FRIDAY Animal-lover Kelly Ander

#Headlinechallenge FRIDAY
Animal-lover Kelly Anderson, from Texas, has spent $25,000 on cloning her dead cat, Chai, because it was her soulmate. She now has a new cat with the same DNA, called Belle...CHAI CAN'T LIVE IF LIVING IS MIOAW'T YOU
Can you pick a better headline & “claw” back some points for BBC Tees?

#Headlinechallenge FRIDAY 252 people have donned l

#Headlinechallenge FRIDAY
252 people have donned lion costumes to set a new world record in Ireland. The record attempt was organised by The Wicklow and District Lions Club...ROARING SUCCESS
Can you make Pete “wild” by giving BBC Radio Tees a better headline?

#Headlinechallenge Wednesday. Kaylie Williams is

#Headlinechallenge Wednesday.
Kaylie Williams is searching for a mystery man - 10 years after having his named tattooed on her bum in Magaluf. She met Daniel Forde when he was on a stag night...BUTT I still haven't found BOT I'm looking for #U2
Can you make your mark with a better headline?

#Headlinechallenge #Monday A Wisconsin woman is cl

#Headlinechallenge #Monday
A Wisconsin woman is claiming a new world record after finding a four-leafed clover for 258 consecutive days. Betina Reich started her collection during the pandemic...YOU'RE SIMPLEAF THE BEST #tinaturner
How’s your luck? Can you “pick” a better headline?

Headlinechallenge: Eight orphaned piglets have be

Headlinechallenge:
Eight orphaned piglets have become stars after being relocated on a beach in Mexico. The stretch of sand at Progreso has been renamed "Pig Beach" due to the popularity of the piglets...BABE WATCH.
Can you pick a better headline?

#headlinechallenge A security guard on his first d

#headlinechallenge A security guard on his first day at a Russian art gallery has defaced a valuable painting by drawing eyes in biro on faceless figures because he got bored. The guard has now been sacked from The Yeltsin Centre at Yekaterinburg... Peter Barron goes with - YOU'RE FOR THE EYE JUMP
Can you draw on some inspiration to doodle better?

#Headlinechallenge A Blackpool butchers is markin

#Headlinechallenge
A Blackpool butchers is marking Valentine's Day with heart-shaped burgers and steaks. Romantics are also being allowed to use the front window at Steve Hope Butchers to display messages of love...SOMEDAY MY MINCE WILL COME #snowwhite
Can you steak your claim to be a Headline Challenger Champion? We’d love to see you fry 😍🥩

#Headlinechallenge Pope Francis has shown his down

#Headlinechallenge
Pope Francis has shown his down to earth side by popping out to a music shop in Rome to buy a CD. Trying to imagine what records the Pope might buy...I WANNA LIVE LIKE COMMON PAPAL #Pulp
[Source APNews]

#Headlinechallenge TUESDAY A woman has been dumped

#Headlinechallenge TUESDAY
A woman has been dumped by her boyfriend after he discovered she'd tricked him into eating plant-based food he thought contained meat. Now she's trying to smooth things over...VEGAN WORK IT OUT #TheBeatles
Can you serve up a better headline?

#Headlinechallenge MONDAY Chilean footballer Jaime

#Headlinechallenge MONDAY
Chilean footballer Jaime Escander scored for his team despite being dead. As a tribute to the player, his coffin was placed on the pitch & a team-mate kicked the ball against it so it rebounded into the goal...DEAD-BALL SPECIALIST
[Source: Canoe]

#Headlinechallenge WEDNESDAY A teenager has taken

#Headlinechallenge WEDNESDAY
A teenager has taken to social media to reveal how he was left red-faced after learning French to ask out a girl he fancied - only to discover she was German...LUST IN TRANSLATION
Can you translate a better line?
[Source: Mirror]

The first #Headlinechallenge of 2022...A man has b

The first #Headlinechallenge of 2022...A man has bounced back from being made redundant by landing a job as a scuba-diving waiter at an underwater hotel in Florida. Thane Milhoan delivers orders in a water-tight box...COME DIVE WITH ME
Can you serve up a better headline?
[Source Metro]

#Headlinechallenge THURSDAY Two naked skiers have

#Headlinechallenge THURSDAY
Two naked skiers have been photographed 4,000 feet up a Scottish mountain in temperatures of -2 degrees...SKI WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS - AND A HAPPY NUDE YEAR!
[Source Daily Mail]

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