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Thursday, 25 February 2010


This week in numbers: the most significant figures of the week

This week in numbers: the most significant figures of the week

4,000 geese, 56 million quid, 18 months on a bridge, 900 facebook followers and just 1 little percent...

what do these numbers all mean?

Read on to find out 

4,000 light-bellied brent geese have landed at Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve on Holy Island off Northumberland. The record numbers are down to the recent big freeze.


56 million pounds has been won on the EuroMillions lottery by a couple from Gloucestershire.

50,000 pounds is being offered as a reward for paintings stolen from a property in Bruton, Somerset. 16 works of art were taken, including one worth nearly £1 million pounds.

18 months is how long the Albert Bridge in London will be closed for while it is refurbished. The bridge was built in the 1850s.

900 people have joined 13-year-old Mikey Cartlidge’s Facebook group aimed at getting £1 million for a new skateboarding park in Falmouth.

1% of the adult population in Britain stutters, according to a new report.




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