1915 – Kent police are hunting a dangerous intruder after two women, aged 60 and 30, are discovered with terrible wounds at a house in Bromley
1940 – On the first day of British meat rationing roast beef may have been banished from private homes but ‘pre-war helpings’ are still available in restaurants
1965 – British exports are up by £22million according to the Board of Trade with the country experiencing its ‘most cheerful’ month for overseas trade in two years
1990 – A footprint and 75 nail marks bear harrowing witness to the desperate struggle of three brothers, aged six, four and three, who became trapped in a freezer during a game of hide and seek
2005 – Comic Relief bosses hope that they will have smashed their previous records and reached a fundraising bid of £62million with the latest Red Nose Day
2010 – Tory MP Philip Hollobone becomes the first mainstream British politician to back plans to ban burkhas in public