We don't have a Standfirst of the Day Award, but if we did the Evening Standard would have walked away with it for its:
The first wild bison has been born in the UK for thousands of years in what has been hailed as a "monumental moment" by naturists.
And here's a screenshot, just in case the Standard corrects it.
But I doubt it will - it's already made fun of its mistake in a "what are we like?" tweet.
I've read enough old stories via the British Newspaper Archive to realise there was never a golden age of error-free papers, but come on guys. Find some subeditors and raise your game.
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