I think the Jimmy Carter would have found it pretty tough sailing from Alexandria to the UAE in *two days*; perhaps she's a land submarine?

Meanwhile, why assume the captain of $ship told the Egyptians the truth?

I remember one Hackney Gazette front page that had the following headlines: RIOT AFTER SHOOTING/COPS BATTLE GANG IN TURF WAR/GIRL'S HORROR STABBING, and a teaser for a competition next to the masthead: WIN A FRIDGE FULL OF LAGER!

My favourite Standard one was POISON CLOUDS HIT TONIGHT, after the Buncefield oil depot fire. Needless to say, nobody was poisoned by clouds hitting anything, but it did give a sort of classic British sci-fi, John Wyndham feel to the evening.