Headline: Thousands take to streets in anti-Brexit London march
Lede: Tens of thousands of people joined an anti-Brexit march to call for Britain to remain in the European Union. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39392584
Notice how the headline is 53 characters including spaces. Headlines that go out on the wires generally have to be 55 characters or fewer. Adding 'Tens of' to the headline obviously takes it over that limit.
Headline: Thousands take to streets in anti-Brexit London march
Lede: Tens of thousands of people joined an anti-Brexit march to call for Britain to remain in the European Union.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39392584
Notice how the headline is 53 characters including spaces. Headlines that go out on the wires generally have to be 55 characters or fewer. Adding 'Tens of' to the headline obviously takes it over that limit.
But no, I'm sure it's a conspiracy.