25 years ago: Teaching unions were claiming victory after Bradford Council chiefs appeared to ditch plans to slash pay for 500 supply staff across the district's schools by up to 50 per cent, but Tories on the authority's education committee warned the move could still go ahead.

50 years ago: The bells of Bradford Cathedral were half-muffled during an hour-long call to worship in honour of Sir Winston Churchill, who had died aged 90, with the district's civic leaders adding their tributes to a "truly great man".