25 years ago: West Yorkshire Police warned it could not to afford to furnish the new £4.2 million divisional headquarters being built in Eccleshill, Bradford - set to open in less than a month - after being awarded only half of the £16m capital budget it had requested from the government.

50 years ago: Bradford Licensing Magistrates granted the first off-licence to a suburban supermarket in the city, with William Morrisons Ltd able to sell wines and spirits, but not beers, at its Bolton Junction store from May 6.