25 years ago: Three of Bradford’s shabbiest and most overcrowded hospital departments, including casualty at Bradford Royal Infirmary and the ante-natal clinic at St Luke’s, were set to receive £600,000 designed to cut queues and ease tension among patients and staff.

50 years ago: More than 100 workers were forced to flee after a fierce blaze broke out at Associated Weavers Ltd in Toftshaw Lane, Bradford.