25 years ago: Royal Mail announced that a new £1.5 million bulk mail handling depot on Valley Road, scheduled to open within a year, would create 100 new jobs in Bradford, making the city one of the largest mail centres in the UK.

50 years ago: Bingley ratepayers announced they were organising petitions against the proposed closure of the casualty department at Bingley Hospital, with a major protest planned against the decision.