25 years ago: A major police hunt was under way in Bradford for three masked raiders who bound an elderly couple and made off with jewellery and cash valued at a total of more than £5,000.

50 years ago: Open sessions for vaccination against poliomyelitis were due to start in Bradford for anyone up to the age of 25.

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1935: The driving test was introduced into Britain. It was voluntary at this stage, becoming compulsory in June.

1996: Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and their teacher in a Dunblane primary school before turning the gun on himself.