25 years ago: Two hooded men wielding sledgehammers smashed their way into a car and snatched thousands of pounds in wages from a manufacturing company in Thornton Road, Bradford, as an elderly businessman and two staff sat terrified inside the vehicle.

50 years ago: A pair of youths of Eccleshill, Bradford, were forced to find alternative transport back from Scarborough, after their Austin van was hit by a big wave on the town’s Marine Drive and damaged so badly it had to be towed away.