A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it’s all perfectly clear to the native speaker.

London Zoo has held the annual weigh-in of all its animals, so the Daily Mail took a few liberties with the English language to come up with ‘It’s The Snail-Weigh Station’ for its headline, a play on “railway”.  Even though the zoo probably doesn’t have any snails!