25 years ago: Bereaved families were set to have to pay a double community charge, or 'poll tax', on the homes of their dead relatives, after Bradford Council confirmed it was treating houses where the owner had died as second homes, levying twice the charge on whoever inherits the property.

50 years ago: Further moves were announced in the petrol price wars across the Bradford district, with the price of ICI top-grade fuel reduced by a penny a gallon at Grosvenor Garage in Bradford, Strand Garage in Bingley, and Alice Street Motors in Keighley.

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