33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 278 of 333.
“the region's 'hurricane season' began on 1 June.”
“For the past two days the largest clean-up base, at the port of Venice, has been paralysed by a rolling series of electrical storms.”
“The Appleby Horse Fair has drawn Gypsies and travellers to Cumbria since 1685”
“last year it attracted more than 40,000 visitors”
“a town that has a population of just 2,500”
“At last year's fair a mass brawl resulted in 27 arrests”
“The event, which is expected to peak on Sunday”
“attracting more than 2,800 members”
“Mr Welch, who first attended the fair aged two months”
“At least three of the people Bird shot dead - his twin brother David, the family's solicitor Kevin Commons and fellow taxi driver Darren Rewcastle - were known to him.”
“The death of one of the victims - cyclist Michael Pike - was witnessed by children, including a nine-year-old boy...”
“The number of journeys taken on Britain's rail network has almost doubled in the last 10 years.”
“Some 1,300 new carriages were promised by the Labour government by 2012 to deal with overcrowding.”
“By March this year, 526 had already been delivered”
“it is thought that only about another 100 will be ready over the next two years.”
“We believe that it needs to implement these plans flexibly in light of current conditions, in order to protect value for money, and to be continually looking to drive down the costs of rail improvement works.”
“they said the trial, which is expected to last months.”
“A sixth man, former Vice Cmdr Nestor Guillamondegui, was excused from the trial on health grounds, court officials said.”
“The number of arrests made as a result of calls to a confidential crime phoneline has increased by about 90%.”
“They show that the number of arrests made was 42 over that time period compared with 22 for the previous 12 months.”
“In the UK, the charity has had an 11% increase in actionable information”
“The annual showcase for products from the north east of Scotland takes places at Inverurie's Thainstone Centre on Saturday.”
“A total of 47 men died when a fire trapped them underground at the Auchengeich Colliery in 1959.”
“The original £35,000 statue was unveiled last September on the 50th anniversary of the mining disaster.”
“A total of 41 women were widowed and 76 children lost their fathers as a result of the tragedy.”
“killing 11 workers.”
“Lionel Messi, 22”
“founded in 1903”
“At the age of five, he was brought to train at Grandoli”
“he left at the age of 11.”
“trained Messi for four years before he left for Barcelona.”
“He has been training boys for 25 years”
“In 2009, he donated the equivalent of two years of the school's budget.”
“One in 3.8 BA passengers have had their luggage lost, damaged, or delayed in the past five years”
“complete rubbish”
“BA second worst in terms of its baggage performance after TAP Air Portugal”
“bags of just 2.6 passengers in 100 were delayed”
“limiting the number of bags allowed in the cabin to one”
“survey of 2,007 passengers”
“one in 8.3 Virgin passengers”
“one in nine passengers”
“one in 11.1”
“one in 12.5”
“overall 29% of UK air passengers had experienced a baggage problem during the last five years”
“There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that a quarter of BA passengers have experienced lost or delayed baggage over the last five years”
“dramatically improved since Heathrow Terminal Five opened in 2008”
“80% of long-hall flights from Heathrow, and 60% of short-haul services”
“The new theatre is now under construction on the banks of the River Lagan, and due to open in Spring 2011.”
“the first part of the Mini-E trial comes to an end next week, on 11 June”
“Clashes between Somali government forces and Islamist militants have killed at least 28 people and wounded about 60 in the capital Mogadishu.”
“But he adds that it is too early for the government to celebrate, as Somalia is still in effect a failed state. It has not had a functioning administration since 1991.”
“Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in two decades of conflict that has created one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies.”
“A 250-year-old clock mechanism has been returned to its home in Cornwall after being found by chance nearly 40 years after it was stolen.”
“The mechanism, which was built in Truro in 1757, disappeared in 1972 from the tower on the stable block on the Trelowarren Estate on the Lizard.”
“It was found after a relative of the estate's present owners spotted it in a shop in Belgium.”
“Ms Redrupp said: "We went to Brussels and showed it to the man who had the clock and he instantly said 'that is a photograph of this clock'.”
“His reaction was that the clock must go back to where it came from.”
“The tower the clock mechanism was housed in has recently been restored, but the clock itself currently runs on an electric mechanism.”
“A 30m (98ft) section of the structure fell into Southampton Water shortly before 1000 BST.”
“It was closed in 1982 after becoming unsafe and uneconomical to run, and was damaged by fires in 1987 and 1992.”
“Since the fires of 1987 and 1992, and having been closed to the public for three decades, the Royal Pier has been structurally beyond repair.”
“Rwanda's 1994 genocide claimed the lives of about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.”
“A blaze in a densely populated part of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has killed more than 116 people.”
“Fire department chief Abu Nayeem said the fire had engulfed at least seven buildings.”
“The flames quickly spread to at least six apartment buildings and about 15 stores.”
“Imrul Hasan, a doctor at the burns unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), told the BBC that he had personally counted 45 bodies laid out on a road near the site of the fire, just 200m from the hospital.”
“Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has visited survivors and declared Saturday a national day of mourning.”
“The UK could end up paying as much as £300m in fines.”
“It reduces human life expectancy by more than eight months on average”
“and by more than two years in the most polluted cities and regions”
“some 35,000 people die from particle pollution in the country every year”
“and as many as 4,300 in London alone”
“and has nine months to do so”
“26-year-old Robyn Lotz”
“The orphanage was established in 1973”
“Work on the £100,000 monument is due start in August and project managers plan to have it completed by Remembrance Day in November.”
“The 4m (13ft) high stone structure has been designed by Plymouth architect Simon Crosbie.”
“Nine activists are said to have died when Israeli commandos boarded a six-ship convoy carrying aid to the Gaza Strip on Monday.”
“Campaigners, including Ms Colborne, say they believe more than nine perished.”
“Israel seized 682 people with the convoy of six ships”
“She said she saw a total of four dead bodies.”
“Passengers, who ranged in age from one to 89, were cuffed with cable ties and made to sit or kneel on the ship's deck in the blazing sun, she added.”
“The 43-year-old, who came straight from Heathrow airport to a press briefing about the incident, told the BBC she had not slept for three days.”
“Two hours passed before the first critically injured passengers were allowed off the boat, she said.”
“She described the raid as 'a crime against humanity'”
“She said Israel's tally of nine dead was 'not accurate', and claimed more were still missing and the figure would rise.”
“I personally put my memory card from my camera in my shoe - that was taken. I still haven't received that back.”
“The 52-year-old killed 12 and injured 11 in a number of locations before turning the gun on himself.”
“Helen Neen, 58 said: It's awful. I still feel frightened.”
“Lesley Fowler was first at the scene when Jennifer Jackson was killed, and said that the adrenaline just began to kick in. The 41-year-old added: "You just don't expect your neighbour to be lying there with gunshot wounds."”
“Celia Walker, 61, who works at the Lakeland Habit Cafe, said: "It's a small community and we knew Garry. He was just going about his business and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." She added: "We can get over this. We ar…”
“Alan Massey, 76 and retired, said: "Why he came here I don't know, it's not on the main road. Why did he pick on them? They were all nice families, friendly people."”
“Karen Varley, 48, works at the nearby Dalgarth Railway Station. She said: "The gunman shot at one of our passengers. We had 200 people locked in here for three hours. Everybody was great, nobody panicked."”
“Guernsey's scallop fisheries have been practically wiped out in a matter of weeks, local fishermen have claimed. The scalloping grounds were highly lucrative for fishermen, yielding catches of £40-45,000 a year.”
“one of these boats he had seen would have taken more scallops in a month than he would in a year”
“officers were continuing to patrol and had already boarded five or six boats, but found no evidence of illegal activity.”
“They believe up to eight boats have been working around the island since 20 April”
“The ground will be no good for crabbing for at least one year afterwards.”
“He said he had lost 22 crab pots and many in the industry suspected the trawlers of causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to fishing gear.”
“The committee met on Thursday to look at tightening controls inside that three-mile limit.”
