33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 276 of 333.
“Det Supt William Lyle said: "Over 40,000 law abiding fans attended this event to support their teams and enjoy a day of good football."”
“the Isle of Man was attractive to companies as it had had 25 years of continuous GDP growth”
“The private sector showed weak job growth, with only 41,000 jobs created.”
“Two 15-year-old girls have been sent home from Newquay after being found drunk and unaccompanied in the Cornish resort.”
“The initiative was set up following the deaths of two teenagers in the town in 2009.”
“In 2009, two teenagers died falling from cliffs after drinking with friends in the town.”
“If there is skiing at midsummer then that would be the first here in living memory.”
“skiing would be available this weekend for the first time since 1992”
“skiing could continue until after 24 June”
“Figures recently released by Ski Scotland showed the country has had its best season in 14 years.”
“The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents 50,000 BT staff, will now ballot its members over action.”
“The CWU has rejected BT's offer of a 2% rise plus a guaranteed bonus”
“It says 5% is fair as it is in line with inflation.”
“This offer could see their lowest paid members receive up to 5.4% in pay and bonuses with some thousands of staff also enjoying a second pay rise in October.”
“Over the past two years BT has reduced its headcount by 35,000, a fifth of its workforce.”
“It gave BT a deadline of noon on Friday to increase its 2% offer.”
“Historic Scotland has been texting people in Kent advertising days out at castles 500 miles (800km) away.”
“The events included a medieval encampment and a 4.5 mile (7.5km) guided walk at castles in the region.”
“In modern history landings have never been better”
“Shellfish are plentiful and wet fish are plentiful in the main.”
“He said about 80% of Jersey's scallops are caught in Jersey's water and 20% in British waters.”
“More than 4.5 million records made by 850,000 households on census night in 1901 have been put online for the public to access.”
“It was launched on Thursday by the Republic's Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin.”
“The census lists James Joyce as a 19-year-old student living with his family in Fairview, Dublin.”
“It also details the two-year-old C.S. Lewis, then living at Dundella Avenue in Victoria, Down, with his parents, brother and two servants.”
“At 17, author John Ervine, recorded his profession as a clerk, and lived in Lisbon Street in Pottinger, County Down, with his mother, sister and four boarders.”
“He was then an 'assistant shippered manager', boarding with a family at Wellington Place in Belfast.”
“The 1911 Census records went online in 2009 and have recieved more than 260m hits.”
“Ms Trumble, from Westfield, was paid £260 a week to look after Ms Mills's daughter Beatrice, now six.”
“Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney divorced in 2008”
“Ms Mills said they had been "very close" but the relationship soured when she refused to give her £4,000 for breast enlargement surgery.”
“She said she only arranged new childcare for Beatrice after Ms Trumble had handed in her notice. Ms Mills was supported in her claims by her PA Sonya Webb, who described her boss of 10 years as a "more than fair employer".”
“Tens of thousands gathered at a shrine to mark the death 21 years ago of revolution leader Ayatollah Khomeini.”
“The rally comes just days before the anniversary of last year's disputed elections.”
“He said 'thousands of flotillas' would follow them.”
“The UN has about 20,000 peacekeepers in DR Congo, helping the nation recover from years of civil war and insecurity.”
“Earlier on Thursday, two members of Mr Chebeya's family, three UN staff and two members of Voice of the Voiceless had been granted access to his body at the main morgue in the capital, Kinshasa.”
“He received a letter of acknowledgment last week and then a call on Tuesday asking him to attend a meeting at 1730 local time.”
“Mr Chebeya, 47, headed Voice of the Voiceless and activists say he received regular threats over the last 20 years.”
“Four public events have been planned across the region to mark the end of Clean Sweep.”
“103 people killed in last month's Libya plane disaster”
“12 May”
“93 passengers and 11 crew”
“sole survivor”
“The archives also contain 1,200 letters from Queen Victoria to Lord Palmerston who between 1830 and 1865 was foreign secretary, home secretary, then prime minister.”
“Snow Patrol are playing live at Ward Park on Saturday 5 June.”
“40,000 fans are expected at the homecoming gig which will be the band's only Irish concert in 2010.”
“Snow Patrol last played Ward Park in 2007.”
“Snow Patrol was formed in 1994 but the band only gained critical recognition when it signed with Polydor Records in 2002.”
“A year later they released their debut album with the label, Final Straw.”
“It went on to sell four million copies worldwide.”
“Their next studio album, Eyes Open, (2006) propelled the band to greater international fame.”
“The album topped the UK Album Charts and was the best-selling British album of the year, selling over five million copies worldwide.”
“In 2008, the band released their fifth studio album, A Hundred Million Suns and in 2009 their first compilation album, Up to Now.”
“During the course of their career, Snow Patrol have won five Meteor Ireland Music Awards and have been nominated for three BRIT Awards.”
“Since the release of Final Straw, the band have sold over ten million albums worldwide.”
“A half-hourly train service will operate from Great Victoria Street and Belfast Central Station to Bangor throughout Saturday.”
“Special rail shuttle services returning from Bangor to Belfast after the concert will run until 0045 BST with onward connections to Carrickfergus, Lisburn, Coleraine and Portadown.”
“BBC One NI will show an hour-long special of their concert, Snow Patrol: Live at Ward Park 2010 at 2315 BST on Wednesday 9 June.”
“A second programme to be broadcast the following week on BBC Northern Ireland will feature Snow Patrol and some of the supporting acts including Band Of Horses, Lisa Hannigan, and General Fiasco.”
“BBC's Radio Ulster's Across The Line (Monday nights at 2000 BST) will also be there to bring listeners the best music and behind the scenes chat and gossip from the concert.”
“raising £30,000 for restoration and repairs.”
“only has eight pews”
“over nine years”
“at 1830 BST on Friday”
“Hamas, which seized power in Gaza in 2007, is designated a terrorist organisation by Israel, the US and the EU.”
“One of the activists, former Nobel peace prize winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire, said their humanitarian aid shipment included cement and construction materials - items banned by Israel.”
“There is no chance the Rachel Corrie will reach the coast of Gaza.”
“If the ship decides to sail to the [Israeli] port of Ashdod, then we will ensure its safe arrival and will not board it.”
“Friday's rally in Istanbul centred on a memorial service for journalist Cevdet Kiliclar, who was shot in the head during the Israeli raid.”
“The youngest of the dead activists, 19-year-old Furkan Dogan - who was born in the US but moved to Turkey as a child - is being buried in his hometown of Kayseri in central Turkey on Friday.”
“The BBC said the radio station's Afternoon Play should not have gone out after receiving 66 complaints.”
“Meanwhile, ITV postponed Coronation Street for the second night running on Thursday night.”
“Fewer than 2,000 people live in the small prairie town of Vulcan in Alberta, Canada.”
“Fans in costume, or wearing Spock's signature pointy ears, come from around the world for Vulcan's annual three-day Star Trek convention: the "VulCON Spock Days Galaxyfest".”
“In April, Mr Spock did just that: he "came home" to Vulcan. The actor Leonard Nimoy visited the small prairie town where he was greeted by hundreds of fans. "We have welcomed him and he has a key now, and he can come home whenever he wishe…”
“Mr Nimoy has developed a relationship with the residents of Vulcan in the last year. Thanks to his efforts, 300 residents were taken to Calgary to see a preview screening of Star Trek XI.”
“Dayna Dickens believes the actor's endorsement of Vulcan helped double visitor numbers to about 23,800 last year.”
“Vulcan has been declared "Official Star Trek Capital of Canada" by CBS Consumer Products, which handles Star Trek series merchandise for CBS Entertainment.”
“We were actually named Vulcan back in 1910 by a Canadian Pacific Railway surveyor who had a fascination with Roman Mythology...”
“Fifty-six years later, when Star Trek hit the airwaves, our local sports team started to be teased about the size of their ears...”
“The 17th annual "Spock Days Galaxyfest Star Trek Convention" takes place from 11-13 June.”
“The Welsh veteran performed tracks from Praise and Blame for the press at the 180-year-old One Mayfair in London, formerly known as St Mark's.”
“A Leicestershire County Council spokesman said there was an adequate number of sites for the 1,500 travelleres in the county with a total of 27 authorised sites and 300 pitches accessible to travellers.”
“Twelve unidentified bodies of the Air India Express flight which crashed in southern India last month have been given a mass burial, officials say.”
“the crash - which killed 158 people in Mangalore”
“only eight passengers survived.”
“Officials say they conducted DNA tests on 22 dead people - and the 12 bodies did not match the samples given by victims' families.”
“It was conducted in Mangalore on 2 June.”
“He said in the past 12 months he personally has picked up and disposed of "at least a tonne" of dog mess.”
“The diversity of the area's flora was recognised by Unesco in 2002”
“The dunes and the importance of its 500 species of flowering plants was recognised by Unesco in 2002.”
“A council spokeswoman said there are 100 dog bins across north Devon and due to current budgetary constraints it could not provide any more.”
“Raymond Coldwell, said dog bins at the burrows public car parking area were removed two years ago when the car park was no longer supervised.”
“The conference itself, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, and organised by London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies, has taken on increased significance over the years.”
“Marine Hotine's death takes the number of UK service personnel killed in Afghanistan to 290.”
“He had served in Sangin, in Helmand province, in 2008-09 before returning to the area in April as a signaller.”
“French student Marie Vesco, 19, died in a collision involving two other cars on the A23 at Hickstead on 4 June 2008 as she cycled to the coast with friends.”
“They said they were staging the ride to celebrate the installation of signs directing cyclists to a quieter route. [Implied context: ride occurred on the second anniversary.]”
“Warning signs were installed on the route at the request of the coroner at the inquest into her death.”
