25 years ago: Yorkshire West Euro MP Dr Barry Seal feared Leeds-Bradford Airport might miss a £3.5million EEC grant because of a ban on night flying.
50 years ago: Another Bradford cinema –The Western, in Park Road, off Manchester Road – was to close. The last performance was to be on May 14.
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1950: Apartheid in South Africa (the Group Areas Act), was passed, formally segregating races.
1968: Abortion was legalised in Britain.
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