25 years ago: Firms trading illegally on Sundays were to be prosecuted by Bradford Council following complaints by a group of 14 traders.

50 years ago: Following disquiet over the contract for constructing the covered reservoir at Mountain, Queensbury, members of Queensbury waterworks committee sought the services of an engineering inspector of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.

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1987: The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized with her bow door open leaving Zeebrugge harbour – 193 died.