25 years ago: Muslim leaders from across the country were planning to gather in Bradford to discuss the future of their campaign against Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses. They were due to meet at St George’s Hall.
50 years ago: A Keighley vicar has asked to exorcise a ghost in a council house in the Wetherby area. He has asked Wetherby Rural Council not to reveal his name, cut a councillor confirmed that the vicar was keen to exorcise the ghost so it would not bother any new tenant.
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