1968 IN FOCUS

TOP OF THE CHARTS KING OF THE ROAD by Roger Miller

PINT OF BEER = 15p PINT OF MILK = 4p ON THE FRONT PAGE

APRIL 20: Conservative MP Enoch Powell makes infamous ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, where he criticised mass immigration. He was dismissed from the Shadow Cabinet the following day.

ON THE BACK PAGE

JULY 6: Rod Laver wins the first Wimbledon title of the Open era, beating Tony Roche in an all-Australian final the day after Billie Jean King won the women’s.