FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

JUNE 28, 1941

Two women fainted in a Croydon street last night during a gas test. The worst to suffer the effects were staff at a bank who were working overtime. Their eyes streamed as tear-gas fumes poured into the building.

JUNE 28, 1958

Men can live for 250 years if their complaints are treated by hypnosis, a doctor claims today. Dr S. J. van Pelt, president of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists, says the motto for longevity — by removing tension and anxiety — should be: ‘Be wise — hypnotise.’