Welshman throws away fortune in Bitcoins

Have you ever accidentally thrown out something of value to you? A family portrait, perhaps, or the only remote controller that can operate the decade-old television set in your spare bedroom?
An IT worker from Newport, south Wales, binned an old hard drive during the summer, only to remember last week that he had stored a "digital wallet" of 7,500 Bitcoins - an increasingly popular virtual currency - upon it.