Paper Monitor
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
A special time-shifting service today.
Welcome to what Paper Monitor would have said on Tuesday about Tuesday's papers if we'd had Wednesday's papers.
It would have been only fair to comment on the pessimism of the Daily Mirror's weather predictions.
They predicted a mere 16C peak but Trawsgoed near Aberystwyth was basking in a positively Saharan 17.5C. Scorchio.
But the most important story in Tuesday's papers was the return of Batman.
"", exclaimed the Daily Express.
"Holy smoke, Batman... this is Bradford, not Gotham City!" ran the Daily Mail's headline.
The Sun opted for "Batman and Robbin'". Slightly more elegant than Metro's "Fatman and Robbing".
The "villain" was variously described as being "dragged" (Mail and Express), "collared" (Express), and "marched" (Sun) into the station before the Bradford Batman suddenly "disappeared into the night" (Express).
What great amusement all round.
And such a shame that by Wednesday's papers the mundane truth had surfaced.
Batman is a Chinese take-away delivery driver. He'd been asked by the wanted "villain" - actually a close friend - to drop him off at the police station after he returned from watching the Capital One Cup Final.
the Daily Telegraph:
"I told him as soon as I was home I would run him to Bradford central police station. We got back about 1am, and I picked Danny up in a minibus at 1.30am.
"I'd had a lot to drink and it was a great day out."
Surely something is amiss here.