25 years ago: Labour councillors staged a mass walkout as the new Lord Mayor of Bradford, Tory Councillor George Hodgson, took his seat, arguing his casting vote would be used to push through the party’s £5.8million package of cuts.

50 years ago: Bradford butchers stated reports of rocketing beef prices had been “exaggerated” to the public, after calls to the government to restrict export of the meat out of the UK.