"I was really close to being world No. 1 a few times in 2012 but unfortunately I didn't make it, " she says.

CNN: Net gain

Unfortunately what they didn't do was dot the "i's" and cross the "t's" when creating and using the Department for Transport's complicated economic model for assessing franchise bids - which meant that in a judicial review of the Department's decision to go with First Group, launched by Virgin, the current holder of the franchise, the government was bound to lose.

BBC: Cameron: No more dotting of 'i��s'

"I had dreams of having my wedding the way I wanted it, and I also dreamed of having it at the church and unfortunately, it didn't happen, " Te'Andrea Wilson told CNN.

CNN: Church refuses to marry black couple in Mississippi

"Unfortunately, after quite a lengthy process of negotiations things didn't pan out as I'd hoped, " he said.

BBC: Ex-Gloucester skipper Jake Boer considers his options