25 years ago: Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend Robert Williamson, called on clergymen to consider sympathetically requests for divorcees to get married in church.
50 years ago: Increased charges at public baths and for the use of hosepipes were to be recommended to Bradford Council to bring in extra revenue.
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1988: A new political party was born when Liberals merged with the Social Democrats to form the Social and Liberal Democrats.
1994: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean retired from competitive skating.
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