33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 274 of 333.
“probably about seven or eight”
“70's ending”
“2000 BST”
“Sunday 6 June”
“won the RTS best actress award in March”
“between 6 and 8 August”
“Around 200 people protested against the decision at the Urdd eisteddfod in Ceredigion.”
“Duffy is also famed for once burning part of his work in a bin in 1979.”
“I next met him when he came to photograph me and my two daughters.”
“more than 40 years ago”
“Anamika Veeramani, from North Royalton, claimed victory by correctly spelling the medical term stromuhr.”
“It is the third year in a row that an Indian-American has won the championship. Eight Indian-Americans have won in the last 12 years.”
“The final was broadcast live on US television network ABC.”
“During the war, it was home to more than 10,000 men and women who decoded encrypted German messages.”
“We found a card talking about 4,400 tonnes of mercury being transferred from Spain”
“It was first discussed five years ago, but we have just never had the funds.”
“We found a card talking about 4,400 tonnes of mercury being transferred from Spain - we will be searching for further messages explaining what happened and why this was done.”
“Twelve years after the Rome Statute paved the way to creating the ICC, the first permanent war-crimes tribunal, the court has still not secured its first conviction.”
“Five countries are now facing investigations - Kenya, Uganda, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan.”
“obliging 111 states to detain him should he enter their territory”
“before Kenya goes to the polls again in 2012.”
“post-election violence that racked the country for weeks after the 2007 vote.”
“Ten acts are competing in the final of ITV1's Britain's Got Talent, with the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Show for the winner.”
“Bookmakers William Hill predict more than £1m will be bet on the final show.”
“Other acts competing for the £100,000 prize money include singing accountant Christopher Stone and Harry Hill impressionist Paul Burling.”
“Families of 119 UK service personnel killed in conflicts last year have attended a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum.”
“Prince Edward joined relatives at the service in Staffordshire where he led the laying of wreaths.”
“Last year was the bloodiest year for UK forces since the Falklands conflict.”
“The names of all those who lost their lives in the last year were read out at the service, which also included a two-minute silence.”
“described the process of remembrance as "very precious and special", adding that it "helps to give us a foundation".”
“"Let us chant their names and call them home," he said, of those who had lost their lives.”
“Emma-Jane Webster, whose fiancee L/Cpl Richard Brandon, was killed in Afghanistan in September, said the memorial was "absolutely spectacular".”
“Made from Portland stone, it was dedicated by the Queen in 2007 and features an obelisk and a circular wall bearing the names of the dead.”
“The memorial, in Alrewas, has been designed to allow a shaft of sunlight to fall across the sculpted wreath on the central stone at precisely 1100 GMT on the 11th day of the 11th month - Armistice Day.”
“The dozen or so housemates who enter the house on Wednesday”
“Launch night will see 80-90 hopefuls whittled down to the final 12 to 14 housemates”
“The bedroom contains four double and five single sleigh-style beds”
“Its five rooms and reception are lined with 12 tonnes of rubbish”
“The hotel will be open to guests until 7 June”
“It is open from 3-7 June”
“bookings may be hard to come by on 5 June, which marks World Environment Day”
“taking guests for four days only”
“stands beside the 2nd Century Castel Sant'Angelo”
“leaving nine people dead”
“there were 20 people on board, including five Irish nationals, six Malaysians and nine crew members”
“About 80% of al-Qaeda's leaders in Iraq have been captured or killed during the past three months”
“Only eight of the group's 42 chiefs in Iraq remained at large”
“Scotland Yard issued a Section 60 order allowing officers to search revellers in the area.”
“nine civilian activists died”
“one of 34 British citizens captured by commandos in international waters on Monday morning”
“Arriving back at Manchester Airport on Friday evening”
“The 43-year-old was one of 34 British citizens captured by commandos in international waters on Monday morning.”
“Arriving back at Manchester Airport on Friday evening, Mr Zanghar vowed to return to Gaza in the future. The humanitarian campaigner arrived in Turkey on Thursday after being deported from Israel, before flying back to the UK.”
“Friends Corrina Stirland, 15, and 14-year-old Rebecca Armer were reported missing from Scunthorpe on Wednesday.”
“They were last seen when a friend spotted them at around 2135 BST on Thursday in the Cole Street area of the town.”
“Corrina, of Hunt Road, is described as white, 5ft 4in (1.62m) tall, with a slim build, dark brown straight hair and blue eyes.”
“Rebecca, of Buckingham Avenue, is described as white, 5ft 2in (1.57m) tall, with a slim build, long, very straight hair and blue eyes.”
“He noted that there had been two similar accidents in the US and said: "It is regrettable that American Airlines in London knew nothing about these incidents."”
“a small piece of human tissue belonging to Shelley Armitage, 31, was found in the River Aire in Shipley”
“Officers are also trying to find the body of 42-year-old Susan Rushworth.”
“A suitcase containing tools was found on Saturday and will undergo tests once it has dried out.”
“Deaths among walkers and climbers rose from 20 to 27 and non-mountaineering fatalities, which include vulnerable people, increased from 37 to 58.”
“According to the figures, Scottish rescue teams dealt with 558 call outs.”
“Last year, teams were called out on 402 occasions to deal with mountaineering incidents.”
“There were 27 fatalities, 228 people injured and in total assisted 560 people.”
“Teams were called out 156 times on non-mountaineering incidents.”
“There were 58 fatalities, 30 people injured and 157 assisted in total.”
“January saw the deaths of three climbers in an avalanche on Buchaille Etive Mor, near Glencoe.”
“Two Northern Ireland brothers - Eamonn Murphy, 61, of Carrickfergus and John Murphy, 63, of Portrush - died with Brian Murray of Monifeith, Tayside.”
“The following month two men who spent a night in atrocious weather conditions in the Cairngorms were found safe and well.”
“Chef Marcus Scott, 29, and a 22-year-old from Inverness did not manage to excavate a snow hole, but found shelter from the wind behind a rock.”
“Mountain rescue teams, search dogs and the RAF were involved in searches for the pair in the Highlands.”
“February also featured a hoax call-out after a climber stamped the word "help" in snow on a mountainside.”
“The letters on Slioch in Wester Ross were large enough to be seen by people five miles away in Kinlochewe, who contacted the emergency services.”
“Paul Manchester, 47, from Stalybridge, Cheshire, was later fined £600 after admitting a breach of the peace.”
“Mountain fatalities included three men killed in an avalanche near Glencoe.”
“On Thursday, the health minister Simon Burns told parliament in a written answer: "Uploading of information to the summary care record will continue to take place, where the relevant GP practices and PCTs agree that patients have been adeq…”
“The summary care record is an unnecessary and intrusive piece of bureaucracy.”
“The Scott Polar Research Institute's museum, which also holds the diaries of Sir Ernest Shackleton, has had a £1.75m, two-year redevelopment.”
“The museum began posting Scott's diary on Twitter last year. The institute is part of Cambridge University, which said the re-opening was in time for the centenary of Scott's departure from Britain in 1910 on the ill-fated Terra Nova exped…”
“The Scott Polar Research Institute was established in 1920 by Frank Debenham, a geologist on Scott's 1910-1913 Antarctic expedition.”
“A nine-year-old from Devon has helped Prince William open a new Help for Heroes rehabilitation centre at Headley Court in Surrey.”
“The centre began its work after World War II for RAF personnel”
“Capt Hale, 42, and Rifleman Wild, 19, then ran into the compound and were carrying Lance Bombardier Hatton when a second explosion went off.”
“Lance Bombardier Hatton, 23, advanced forward with his section, an IED exploded injuring him and two other men.”
“the mission began in October 2001”
“operations were stepped up ahead of presidential and provincial council elections last August”
“an IED exploded injuring him and two other men”
“a total of 30 IEDs had been found on one stretch of road in that area”
“Across the country, about 3,200 English fans are subject to football banning orders, which prevent them from travelling to South Africa”
“A 15-year-old girl”
“5ft 4ins”
“due to give birth next week”
“Chelsie O'Donegan was last seen in the Stafford Road area of Bournemouth on Thursday afternoon.”
“It also holds the Jewish Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection - 193,000 fragments of manuscripts as significant as the Dead Sea Scrolls, it said.”
“The library said its faith collections include some of the oldest and most significant Qur'ans ever to be uncovered, as well an eighth Century copy of Surat al-Anfal, the eighth chapter of the Qur'an.”
“An object that hit Jupiter last year with a force equivalent to a few thousand nuclear bombs, which left it with a scar the size of the Pacific Ocean was probably an asteroid, say astronomers.”
“The Jupiter impact produced a pattern of debris some 5,000km long and 2,800 km wide - half the size of the Earth.”
“Jupiter impacts were thought to be quite rare. After the latest collision with a comet called P/Shoemaker-Levy 9, or SL9, astronomers didn't expect any other strikes for at least several hundred years.”
“That is why some 500m-wide space rock plunging into the gas giant's atmosphere was rather unexpected, said astronomer Heidi Hammel of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who led the study.”
