25 years ago: Health chiefs regained possession of Thornton View Hospital, Clayton, ending an occupation by campaigners against its closure.

50 years ago: Members of Bradford vocal group The Statesmen made their second broadcast on Radio Luxembourg’s Opportunity Knocks competition.

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1972: An IRA bomb killed seven people at Aldershot barracks.

1980: British ice skater Robin Cousins won the gold medal for figure skating in the Lake Placid Olympics.