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mi7rennie-
Call them and let them know they used an image without proper permissions. It's very common, they'll probably offer you something.
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Let me guess, the Mail?
http://expertphotography.com/the-daily-mail-stole-my-photos-i-got-paid/
https://www.nuj.org.uk/documents/nuj-guide-charging-digital-imaging-editorial-photography/The NUJ did have some stuff about on rates for this, but I'm not sure where it is now.
Well_is_it
MrDrem
As Well_is_it said you do own the copyright as you're the one who took the picture.
I would just make clear to viewers that it is indeed copyrighted (and not open source or under one of the creative commons licenses - which are worth looking into by the way).
To do that you'd mark them as copyrighted in the first place (like you do on flickr by default), or add a line like © Your Name, all rights reserved.
Plus set your camera / scanner to put your name in the files' EXIF data automatically, or do this afterwards (File > File Info in Photoshop).
This info usually stays within the file even when it is renamed / resized / uploaded somewhere else.