The online trainspotting wait continues for BBC News article number 7000000. It would appear that the numbers are assigned in a slightly irregular (but broadly chronological) format, so we have indeed reached the seven millions, but article number 7000000 itself has either not been assigned or not published.

The closest I can get so far is number 7000003, which takes the form of video highlights of Celtic against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Football placed highly in my list of odds as to what would constitute article number 7000000 but of course, this one is three out. So the wait continues. Not wishing to rock the boat for the defeatists among you, but not every number is used - so there is a chance there will never be a 7000000. Futility is all a question of perspective...