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Daily Express Ant and Dec headline
Going off at half-cock: The Daily Express's Ant and Dec headline, caught between editions
Going off at half-cock: The Daily Express's Ant and Dec headline, caught between editions

Accidental headline of the year

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The Daily Express had a prime example over the weekend of what can happen when you fiddle around with a headline.

Daily Express Ant and Dec headline - first edition
First edition

The first edition of Saturday's paper carried the headline "Can Dec finally match Ant?" on a two-page feature about the ITV presenters, with the word "finally" cut between two pages.

Daily Express Ant and Dec headline - second edition
Final edition

Apparently, there were too many headlines with "finally" in, so it was changed to "Can Dec at last match Ant?" But along the way, someone forgot to change both sides of the spread, leaving the "a" of "at" on one page and "nally" of "finally" on the other, creating the memorable headline "Can Dec anally match Ant?" in some later editions. One for the scrapbook, Monkey thinks.

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