25 years ago: A 49 year-old Bradford woman underwent a life-saving operation in a Leeds hospital in which a US-made steel tube - 3cm long and 8mm in diameter - was inserted into an artery leading to her kidneys, the first time the operation had been performed in Britain.

50 years ago: A Bradford couple and their three children dashed to safety from a fierce blaze from their terraced house in Cutler Heights Lane, after being awoken by the sounds of tins exploding downstairs in the intense heat.