25 years ago: The theft of a 75p beer glass ended with four men appearing before Bradford magistrates – despite claiming on a night out it had been brought from home – and cost them a total fine of £300.

50 years ago: Ten years after the mysterious 1953 disappearance of Polish priest Father Henryk Borynski from his Little Horton lane lodgings, his church in Lansdown Place marked the anniversary by holding special prayers.