'The Lib Dems are headed for their worst defeat ever...' (John Humphreys, this morning). Increasingly common this, I find. Is it just for the sake of variety? Or does 'heading towards' mean something different?
Another usage increasingly common amongst journalists is ' named for' rather than 'named after'. I noticed an (apparently) real person using it on the SE26 forum the other day ('Is Kirkdale named for St Barts Church?'). The OED says it is 'now US and Scottish', which may explain it, as I think the poster concerned may be Scottish in origin.