On this day

70 YEARS AGO (1948) Our front page told how Aneurin Bevan had ordered a probe into how many people were still without homes after the Second World War.

49 YEARS AGO (1969) Britain’s first quintuplets were born to Irene and John Hanson from Rayleigh, Essex. The five girls were delivered nine weeks premature.

33 YEARS AGO (1985) Volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted killing 23,000 people as it buried four towns in Colombia.