25 years ago: Bradford City won government support for an £82,000 bid to improve Valley Parade. The club’s plea for finances had been turned down by the Manpower Services Commission but Employment Minister Peter Norris asked for it to be reconsidered.
50 years ago: Bradford schoolchildren who were to begin work after Easter attended a special service at Bradford Cathedral.
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1991: David Icke, former goalkeeper, BBC sports presenter and then Green Party spokesman, announced he had been “chosen” to save the world.
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