25 years ago: A six year-old girl was barred from drinking milk at St Stephen's Church of England First School in West Bowling, Bradford, after her parents were a day late paying the 50p charge, with the school only willing to provide her with water during lunchtime.

50 years ago: The West Riding Highways Committee announced that more than half of its £1million budget for the coming year was to be spent on widening the Shipley to Otley road at its junction with the A657 and Kirkgate in Shipley.

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