First Section Title Clashes With Header

Question

My first section title clashes with my header, but does not for any subsequent section titles. How can I fix this?

%Preamble
\documentclass[british]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[a4paper,left=25mm, right=25mm,top=25mm,bottom=25mm]{geometry} %Formats page
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx} %Allows images
\graphicspath{ {images/} } %Sets image folder location
\usepackage[useregional,showdow]{datetime2} %Allows dynamically updating date
\usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage} %Headers and Footers
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead[C]{
    \title{XXX: Xxxx 12 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx - Xxxxxxxxx 1}\\ \author{Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx}\\
    XXX: 12345678 $\vert$ XXX: 12345678}
\fancyfoot[C]{$\thepage$ of $\pageref{LastPage}$}

\fancypagestyle{empty}{\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}\fancyhead{} \fancyfoot[C]{$\thepage$ of $\pageref{LastPage}$}}



%Document Information
\title{XXX: Xxxx 12 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx - Xxxxxxxxx 1}
\author{Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx}


%Document Content
\begin{document}
\maketitle

\section*{Question 1}
\setcounter{page}{2}


\pagebreak
\section*{Question 2}

\pagebreak
\section*{Question 3}

\pagebreak

\end{document}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '16 at 00:13

The MWE generates the following warning of package fancyhdr:

Package Fancyhdr Warning: \headheight is too small (12.0pt):
 Make it at least 34.43335pt.
 We now make it that large for the rest of the document.
 This may cause the page layout to be inconsistent, however.

The fix is to increase \headheight as needed. This can be done by option headheight of package geometry:

\usepackage[
  a4paper,
  left=25mm,
  right=25mm,
  top=25mm,
  bottom=25mm,
  headheight=34.5pt,
]{geometry}

First Section Title Clashes With Header

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