25 years ago: The crumbling Walls of Jericho at Thornton may have been saved because it would cost too much to demolish them. The famous walls in Egypt Road were in danger of collapsing.

50 years ago: As gales and rain lashed Britain, the water position in the West Riding changed from droughts to floods. In 24 hours, 1.77ins of rain fell in Bradford – the highest rainfall for five years.