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Some of the ‘facts’ from Time On Our Hands: the first Russian and American landings on the Moon in 1967. A traffic jam in London, also in 1967, which takes a week to clear, and leads to a car ban in central London. Factories controlled by robots. A 24-hour working week. Universal university education. For recreation, people take drugs instead of drinking alcohol.

Two new cases of typhoid fever have been confirmed in Wales. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Britain to ten, with three suspected cases. All thirteen recently returned from a holiday in the Swiss skiing resort of Zermatt.

A new range of trucks for the Motorway Age will be announced today by the British Motor Corporation. The trucks will have as many as ten forward gears and a top speed of 50mph, fully laden. The trucks will be powered by diesel engines and the cabs are comfortable and roomy enough for three people.

The man Scotland Yard call ‘Diamond Jim’ was being hunted last night after a gang carried out another daring jewel raid. On Brompton Road, the gang cut open a safe with oxy-acetylene equipment and stole jewellery valued at £25,000. Police are certain that the haul has been taken to ‘Diamond Jim’, a fence who pays 20% instead of the usual 10%. He’s believed to have handled more than £250,000 worth of stolen jewellery this year.

Television highlights: Bookstand - the influence of Joyce. Emergency Ward 10 - Linda Stanley performs her first emergency operation. Play of the Week - Dangerous Corner starring Julie Christie.

Radio highlights: Listen to the Band. String Beat.

Weather: sunny, then rain. Outlook - changeable. 12c, 54f

NB: Christine Keeler featured in the newspapers again today. But, because I’m covering that story on a different thread, to avoid repetition, I will not include her items in the daily reports

@HannahHowe I love all this stuff. Thank you so much for doing it.

@clonezone My pleasure Thank you for your interest and support.