25 years ago: Proposals to cut direct rail services on the Airedale line were condemned by a pressure group.

50 years ago: Workers at the International Harvesters company works at Idle, were to strike by Monday lunchtime, said the firm’s Doncaster factory strike committee chairman.

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1918: Moscow was declared the new capital of Russia in place of Petrograd.

1976: The pound fell below two US dollars for the first time.