33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 281 of 333.
“when the 1245 train from London King's Cross to King's Lynn in Norfolk derailed”
“the last of four carriages became detached”
“He said he used a 'football-size' chunk of concrete to smash a window”
“80-year-old victim Agnes Quinlivan”
“Mr Wen, the first Chinese premier to visit Burma in 16 years, held talks with Gen Than Shwe and other senior figures in the ruling junta.”
“State media said the deals signed included agreements on energy, hydroelectric projects and aid.”
“She discovers a letter sent 50 years earlier”
“are read by a team of 15 secretaries.”
“We receive about 6,000 a year, from every corner of the world,”
“Seventy percent are from women, 30% are from men.”
“who has been replying to the letters for 16 years.”
“Letters To Juliet is released in the UK on 9 June.”
“The letters, which are often just addressed to "Juliet, Verona", are read by a team of 15 secretaries.”
“Letters To Juliet is released in the UK on 9 June”
“the pirates seized the 15,000‑tonne ship, MV QSM Dubai”
“There was a brief shoot‑out with the seven pirates before they were captured”
“The vessel has a crew of 24 made up of Ghanaian, Egyptian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals”
“About 10 people occupied Gartsherrie Primary in Coatbridge overnight in protest at the council's plans to shut the school later this month.”
“About 10 of us stayed in the school overnight, including a 71-year-old grandmother.”
“We were still there this morning and I have personally had a phone call from Mike Russell.”
“Having recovered 25 dead bodies from the rubble, we have called off the search and rescue operation,”
“In 2006, at least 15 people died and 50 were injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Dhaka.”
“In 2005, more than 60 people died when an illegally constructed garment factory collapsed near Dhaka.”
“The collapse killed at least 25 people and injured several others.”
“Having recovered 25 dead bodies from the rubble, we have called off the search and rescue operation”
“And in 2005, more than 60 people died when an illegally constructed garment factory collapsed near Dhaka.”
“Eilidh Macdonald, 22, raised money for three charities by completing the 15-mile crossing.”
“Her swim back to Harris from Skye took her nine hours and 33 minutes.”
“Stephen Brass, from Uist, had hoped to swim the 25 miles from Lochmaddy in North Uist to Milovaig on north-west Skye.”
“But he was forced to give up just 90 minutes into the challenge after developing cramp.”
“Three masked men, armed with guns, entered a house in the Slievemore Park area at about 2330 BST”
“Shortly after the masked men entered the home, they left for a short period of time and the couple and their five-year-old son were able to escape through a back gate.”
“Two of the men trained their guns on the stairs”
“the men pointed their guns at the five-year-old”
“The slick, containing thousands of tar balls - heavy globs of decayed oil - is only seven miles (11km) from Pensacola on the Florida "panhandle", officials said.”
“Forecasters suggest the oil could reach Florida's shores by Friday.”
“Nine people died in the raid.”
“British consular officials in Israel had made contact with all the 36 British nationals held in detention, including Mr Venner.”
“The six-ship flotilla [...] left the coast of Cyprus on Sunday”
“had been due to arrive in Gaza on Monday.”
“Thousands of homes were left without power for up to three days A report into a three-day power cut which affected 94,000 homes in Kent and London has been delayed again.”
“People in Dartford, Orpington, Erith, Bexleyheath and Crayford were left without power in July after a suspected vandalism attack on a cable bridge.”
“The fire on the bridge over Dartford Creek damaged four major electricity circuits on 20 July, affecting homes, businesses, petrol stations and Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford.”
“The play was Jean Racine's Phedre, starring Dame Helen Mirren, which was broadcast to more 300 cinemas around the world on 25 June 2009.”
“The report said that audience for Phedre over its whole theatrical run was doubled through the screening of the single performance at the end of June.”
“While most of the theatre audience had been to the NT in the previous 12 months, this was the case for only 41% of the audiences that saw Phedre in the cinema.”
“One-third of cinema audiences had incomes of lower than £20,000 per year, compared with just over one-fifth in the case of the theatre audience.”
“Over one-third of cinema audiences said that, having seen the screening of Phedre, it was now more likely that they would attend a play at the National Theatre.”
“However, half the online visitors said they would consider making an online donation to the Tate, but none did so when invited to via the Colour Chart webpages.”
“The lone sailor was rescued south of Mumbles on Wednesday after losing engine power. He was rescued again on Thursday morning with the same problem, off Rhoose Point.”
“The yacht Stravaig contacted Swansea Coastguard on Wednesday saying he had lost all power and was drifting nine miles south of Mumbles Head.”
“The Mumbles RNLI lifeboat was launched to aid the 12-metre yacht and towed her in to Mumbles.”
“Almost exactly 24 hours later, Swansea Coastguard received another call from the same yacht, reporting that it had again run out of power.”
“This time the Barry Dock lifeboat was sent to tow the vessel back in to Barry.”
“Coastguards said he had no navigation lights, and both his mobile phone and handheld GPS had low battery strength.”
“When we give out safety advice to people going out for a trip in a yacht we recommend that people take adequate communications and navigational devices, flares, and check their engines.”
“Unfortunately, this man followed none of this advice and set out not once, but twice, knowing that he did not have sufficient power to reach his destination.”
“We hope that the yachtsman will consider full equipping and preparing his vessel before he continues his journey in order that we do not have to send [lifeboats] out to his rescue for a third time.”
“Jackson last visited the town in 2003 to talk about the plan, but no work began before his death last year.”
“A spokesman for the mayor said previously: 'Parliament Square is a world heritage site and top tourist attraction that is visited by thousands of people and broadcast around the world each day.'”
“accepted the gig, at the tiny Backstage Comedy Club in London”
“Network Rail said it had improved punctuality, with a record 91% of trains arriving on time.”
“And said the largest region that did disclose performance, Southern Railway, regularly achieved 95% punctuality figures.”
“The king, who founded the Tudor dynasty, was born in the castle in 1457 and lived there until he was 11.”
“Henry was born in the castle on 28 January 1457, two months after his father Edmund Tudor died.”
“He was raised by his uncle Jasper Tudor who fled with Henry to France after the Lancastrian defeat in 1471.”
“In 1483 Henry became the leading Lancastrian claimant to the English throne and two years later landed at Milford Haven, killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and was crowned king.”
“Work began on the 730-vehicle site in November 2009 and is due to be completed in June.”
“However, the site will not become operational until the autumn.”
“The new park and ride, which will be the largest in the area, is situated on the A24 at Cairnshill.”
“The first was Northside which opened in 1995.”
“Since then, three other sites have been built: Blacks Road, Eastside and Ravenscroft.”
“Northside and Eastside currently operate at capacity”
“Sprucefield and Blacks Road operate at approximately 90% of capacity”
“The 218-year-old scroll was removed from the statue of Henry V, which stands on the front of Shire Hall in Monmouth, sometime between 14-16 May.”
“The scroll, part of the statue of Henry V which was erected at the front of the building in 1792, had no resale value but is of significant historical value, said the council.”
“The grade I listed building dates back to 1724, while Henry V was born in Monmouth castle in 1388.”
“Bobby Moffett was shot dead by two masked gunmen on the Shankill Road last Friday.”
“10 of the ship's 100 fire doors were faulty”
“one of the lifeboat engines would not start”
“In 2006, the 290-capacity ship was also held for safety reasons in London”
“built in 1989”
“found two serious deficiencies”
“121m vessel”
“some 23,000 people dead since President Calderon came to office in December 2006 and launched a crackdown on drug gangs.”
“He also told MPs 34 Britons were on board, rather than 37 as first thought.”
“Most of the Britons are flying home, many via Turkey, as Israel deports nearly all of the 682 detainees.”
“She said the official figure of those killed in the incident would rise.”
“Ms Colborne, campaign and operations director for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), said those on board were aged between one and 89.”
“According to Turkish media, eight of the dead were Turks and the other was a US national of Turkish origin.”
“Nine activists died when Israeli commandos boarded the six-ship convoy on Monday, prompting increased international pressure on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip.”
“Sir Paul McCartney has performed at the White House after picking up an award from US President Barack Obama. The former Beatle, 67, played as part of a concert in his honour, having been presented with the third annual Gershwin Prize for …”
“The award is given by the Library of Congress.”
“Paul Simon won the inaugural prize, followed by Wonder last year.”
“The concert, which will be broadcast on US TV on 28 July, included country singers Emmylou Harris and Faith Hill, and British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello.”
“When it was announced in November that Sir Paul would be honoured, Librarian of Congress James Billington said it was hard 'to find a performer who has had more of an indelible and transformative effect on popular song'.”
“Mr Obama praised the British singer-songwriter for his contribution to American culture, saying the Beatles had 'helped to lay the soundtrack for an entire generation'.”
“he was over 6ft tall.”
“The Dutch foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Interpol had issued an international arrest warrant for Mr van der Sloot, the Associated Press news agency reports.”
“Mr van der Sloot is believed to have entered Peru on 14 May to play in a poker tournament.”
