33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 283 of 333.
“The proportion rises to 74% of cohabiting couples, the survey of 2,221 adults found.”
“Long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine is to be axed after 37 years”
“made its TV debut in 1973”
“since it began in 1973”
“Bilaal Rajan has raised more than five million dollars for various causes”
“I started selling these small oranges door to door in my neighbourhood and I raised about $330.”
“Bilaal was only four-years-old when he launched his first fundraising drive after hearing about the death of a priest in the 2001 earthquake in India's Gujarat state.”
“In 2005 Bilaal was chosen as an official Youth Ambassador for Unicef Canada - the main focus of his fundraising drives.”
“Bilaal Rajan, 13, from Toronto is urging everyone, young and old, to go about their daily lives without wearing shoes for at least an hour each day.”
“He is asking participants to have friends and family sponsor them and donate the proceeds to Unicef Canada. Speaking to BBC World Service, he said he wanted to make people understand the need of those less fortunate. "You are really able t…”
“I've been haunting those same streets by night for 20 years and have rarely encountered any problems.”
“Ffion Wyn Roberts' body was found in a drainage canal in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, on 10 April.”
“Miss Wyn Roberts was last seen socialising with friends a mile away in Tremadog in the early hours of Saturday 10 April.”
“He revealed that half a mile from where her body was found, her empty brown handbag, a pair of extra large blue track suit bottoms and a right-hand trainer shoe, of size 10-and-a-half to 11, had been discovered.”
“It will be broken into a series of sales starting in London on 28 October, where some of the principal lots will be offered.”
“He said: "I have been in this business since the 1980s and most collectors have been American, but here is an English collector who has gathered what must be the greatest collection of 19th Century literature. "You feel rather punch drunk…”
“The inscribed copy of A Christmas Carol, which Dickens gave to his friend, the actor William Macready, reads: "To Macready, From his affectionate friend, Charles Dickens, New Year's Day 1844."”
“Pregnant women in northern Italy are to be offered 4,500 euros (£3,700; $5,500) not to have abortions.”
“The women would have to prove they are in financial hardship in order to qualify for the 18 monthly payments.”
“Lombardy has set aside 5m euros ($6.1m, £4.2m) for the scheme, officials say.”
“The women will receive 18 monthly payments of 250 euros.”
“Abortion has been legal in Italy since 1978.”
“20km (12.4 miles) from the capital”
“Recently, the Washington Post reported that nine waterfront mansions in Dubai, worth a total of $44m, were purchased in the name of President Aliyev's 11-year-old son.”
“It is more than 100 years since Azerbaijan's first oil boom, but in the glitzy centre of the capital, Baku, it looks like the glory days never ended.”
“A Baku taxi driver, calling himself Farhad, drove me towards villages just 20km (12.4 miles) from the capital which have limited gas and water supplies.”
“One man was left seriously injured after the incident on 22 May.”
“As the train left York station, the two groups, consisting of eight men and five men, began a serious altercation.”
“Thames Water said it built the facility to avoid a repeat of water shortages which hit the South East in 2005 and 2006.”
“The MV Rim - which has a mainly Syrian crew of 10 - was hijacked in February by pirates who demanded $3m in ransom for their safe return.”
“Pirates seized the 15,000-tonne Panama-flagged ship, MV QSM Dubai, in the Gulf of Aden in the early hours of Wednesday. The vessel has a crew of 24 made up of Ghanaian, Egyptian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals.”
“Figures released by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) show that pirate attacks around the world fell by 34% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to a year ago - because of the continued presence of foreign navies in the Gulf of Aden.”
“The IMB logged a total of 67 incidents from January to March 2010 compared to 102 incidents in the first three months of 2009.”
“Nearly 20,000 ships pass through the Gulf of Aden each year, heading to and from the Suez Canal.”
“Holidaymakers travelling in the EU have a maximum tariff of 43 cents (37p) a minute when making a call”
“Holidaymakers travelling in the EU have a maximum tariff of 43 cents (37p) a minute when making a call, 19 cents (16p) a minute when receiving a call”
“Holidaymakers travelling in the EU have a maximum tariff of 43 cents (37p) a minute when making a call, 19 cents (16p) a minute when receiving a call, 11 cents (9p) a minute to send a text”
“Stratford-upon-Avon Magistrates' Court was told an internal ladder used for getting to the roof of the building was out of use at the ground near Sutton Coldfield.”
“A service that has helped struggling mothers in Swindon for the past 28 years has had its contract axed by the council and will end in August.”
“Councillor David Rennard, cabinet member for children's services, said 11 of the 14 children's centres in Swindon provided outreach and family support services for families with children aged 0 to five.”
“The remaining three centres will provide those service from April 2011, he added.”
“In 2008 we put all our family support services out to tender to find a service that caters for the wider age range of 0-18, fulfilling a need within Swindon.”
“Home-Start submitted a bid but it did not meet the requirements of the tender because it does not cater for 0-18-year olds.”
“The crash happened as the school bus turned into St Mary's Primary School in Cabragh at about 0830 GMT on Wednesday 27 February 2008.”
“A road safety campaign in the East Midlands has begun after councils received a £260,000 government grant.”
“more will be sent out when the campaign ends in February 2011.”
“The campaign aims to tackle the 'Fatal four' causes of collisions, which are mobile phone use, drink driving, speeding and failure to wear a seatbelt.”
“Road safety is one of our top priorities.”
“Martin Hyde, 22, was severely beaten, stabbed in the neck and thrown in the River Tame, Stockport, in November.”
“The 18-year-old pleaded guilty guilty to conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, along with Lindsay Dunn, 20, and 18-year-old Peter Mayne.”
“on 20 May”
“He has 600 so far”
“needs about 2,000 to break the current record”
“current record of 71.35m by 79.15m (234ft 1in by 259ft 8in)”
“displayed at the South African cup final in May.”
“on an 11-month biking challenge.”
“An iron bridge has crossed the river near Green Road at Ardmore since the 1920s, but in 2009 a couple went to court to establish ownership of it.”
“the first Ordinance Survey map of the area, dating to the 1830s, shows a wooden bridge where the iron one now stands.”
“Brett Lockhart, QC, acting for the council told the court that the bridge is the only crossing on the river for five miles, and that the first Ordinance Survey map of the area, dating to the 1830s, shows a wooden bridge where the iron one …”
“The ruling came as Cambodia's international donors met government officials to discuss their aid pledges for the coming year.”
“Deputy chief constable Stuart Hyde tells a press conference that 12 people have been shot dead as well as Bird.”
“The victim's brother, Rob Purdham, is the captain of Harlequins Rugby League side and has been capped five times for England.”
“shot five times at close range”
“in December 2009”
“five air gun pellets”
“for the past eight weeks”
“six months ago”
“after six months' rehabilitation”
“in 1989”
“We felt it was unfair the cost of policing could have risen to £1m due to agitators.”
“Two walkers had to move out of its way.”
“He rounded a corner to find a taxi parked with the driver's door open and a man staring up at the hill, 20 feet away. She stopped about 10 feet away and just screamed. Five minutes later she just stopped breathing.”
“About 10 seconds after that a policeman followed them.”
“I saw three dead bodies along one street. ... about 1130 BST”
“I came here five years ago.”
“Anti-corruption group Transparency International last year ranked Russia 146 for corruption out of 180 countries”
“saying that bribery in Russia was worth $300bn (£205bn) a year”
“In April, dozens of international firms doing business in Russia signed an accord, pledging not to offer bribes”
“It hopes to become a WTO member by the end of the year”
“and will be doing so on its own, rather than as a part of a customs union with Kazakhstan and Belarus”
“He also said that Russia had already agreed all the tariffs with WTO members, as well as 'some level of subsidies' for Russian industries”
“The court heard how she had started working as a cleaner at the hospital in August 2002.”
“She then became a part-time administration assistant in January 2004, but also carried on working occasionally as a cleaner.”
“The offences only came to light when an audit was carried out at the hospital in 2008 after a budget overspend.”
“A student has found more than 50 street signs in South and West Oxfordshire that have been damaged by gunfire.”
“It follows a BBC Oxford investigation that found six separate signs in West Oxfordshire which had been vandalised.”
“the reported execution of 18 people in Libya.”
“The 18, some from Chad, Egypt and Nigeria, were executed on Sunday in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libyan media reported.”
“Each year thousands of African migrants travel cross the Sahara desert to Libya with the hope of one day reaching Europe.”
“Twelve people have been killed and 25 injured by a gunman who opened fire in west Cumbria.”
“At present there are two people dead and one seriously injured in Seascale.”
“BBC Look North Chief Reporter Chris Stewart said a farmer is also believed to have been killed in the Gosforth area.”
“detectives said 52-year-old Mr Bird drove to the central Lakes in a Citroen Picasso, then abandoned it in the Boot area.”
“The Whitehaven victim, believed to be a colleague of 52-year-old Mr Bird, was killed at 1035 BST.”
“The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in west Cumbria closed its gates as a safety precaution and afternoon shift workers were being told to stay away, though the site has since reopened.”
“His club, the Melbourne-based Western Bulldogs, has banned him for two games.”
“The Say No To Fallago group confirmed earlier this week that botanist Prof David Bellamy was set to join their march.”
“The company spokesman also claimed the project would have 'very little impact' on any village or settlement in the area.”
“Ofcom said they had received "a handful" of complaints about the act, which saw Mr Starr swallow a lightbulb among other items.”
“Nine people died when commandos boarded the ship.”
