Lesley Rowan, 38, from Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, said she 'feels like it will bring comfort to people in Paris and all over the world at this sad time.’

Franck Riester, France’s culture minister, said on Tuesday that the cathedral’s organ “seems to be quite affected” by the blaze while the fate of several other artefacts are unknown.

A GoFundMe called 'Seventh District Baptist Church Fires St Landry' has received just under $480,000 for the three black churches in Louisiana that were burned down.

Laurent Nuñez, the French junior interior minister, said a group of around 20 firefighters managed to stop the blaze from spreading to the church's belfries.

President Donald Trump spoke with Pope Francis on Wednesday to offer condolences for the partially destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral and to wish him a Happy Easter.

Brooke Windsor, the tourist who took the photo, said the man and his family had contacted her on Twitter to thank her for taking the picture and promised to find a 'special place' for it.

Laura Trott, Dani King and Elinor Barker won Great Britain's first gold of the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships with victory in the women's team pursuit in Minsk.

RICHARD MOORE: How quickly they forget. Four years ago Laura Trott, at 18, performed well if not spectacularly at the Delhi Games. Two years later she was double Olympic champion.

When it comes to race day, Katie Archibald likes to be organised. From what time she awakes, to when she will eat and warm up, no stone is left unturned.

Shane Sutton wants his British cycling team to be ‘Rio ready’ by January 1, 2015, which makes this weekend’s track cycling World Cup in London perfectly timed.

Two years after starring at the London Olympics in 2012, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny have announced they are getting married.

The 22-year-old tweeted: 'Merry Christmas everyone :) I've had the most amazing couple of days thanks to @JasonKenny107 and the whole family #engaged X'

MARTHA KELNER: After winning Wimbledon, Olympic gold and becoming world No 1, Murray could make history again by becoming the first person to win the SPOTY trophy three times.

Real Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has had his sensational 2016 recognised once again after being nominated for Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.

The nation's favourite cycling couple received CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) accolades in London for the string of gold medals they won for Team GB at Rio 2016.

A new poll shows that 40 per cent of Americans think terrorism and national security should be the government's top priority, compared with 21 per cent who thought the same back in April.

Belgian media have claimed Salah Abdeslam was tracked to a house in Molenbeek on the Sunday night after the attacks, but he had gone by the time police were able to carry out a raid.

Brian Levin, who is the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, referred to FBI data in a report published on Friday.

Michael Rogers, the head of the NSA, said encryption apps - which hide the content of messages from security services - make preventing terror attacks 'much more difficult'.

Police are raiding the neighborhood of the bombmaker thought to be behind November's Paris attacks as experts say he may have designed the explosives that killed at least 34 people.

The group unveiled its so-called 'Op Brussels' today in which it vowed to continue 'hacking their websites, shutting down their Twitter accounts and stealing their Bitcoins'

The ISIS European head of operations that planned the massacres in Paris and Brussels has fled the terror group from Syria taking secrets with him, according to an ISIS-infiltrator.

The boy was arrested in the 20th arrondissement of Paris this morning and his home is being searched by police who believe him to have links with known jihadis and a second 15-year-old arrested Sunday.

An article in government daily newpaper Al-Ahram said the attacks were carried out to justify 'the occupation and devastation of the Middle East by the West and the persecution of Muslims in Europe'.

The White House has released a list of 78 terror attacks that the press had 'ignored' following Trump's claims that the media was 'very, very dishonest' on Monday.

A reporter asked Trump what he believes the Fourth Estate's motivations are for covering up terror attacks. Trump's responded with more assaults on the 'very dishonest' press.

Thousands of 'snowflake' students are to be issued with brightly coloured wristbands printed with their address and emergency contact details this Freshers Week.

He began his career as a professional bodybuilder before embarking on acting and political pursuits. But Arnold, 70, proved he was still a fitness fanatic as he squeezed in a workout at a Yorkshire gym.

Sophie Pointon, 22, whose dream was to become a police officer, falsely claimed she had been groped in the back of the cab after a night out in Leeds and has been jailed for 16 months.

The once humble three-bed detached home in Leeds was transformed into a remarkable residence after its owner gave it a makeover with bright white gloss.

It is hoped that the 'snoozeliners', created by mattress firm Simba, will begin operating next year and will run eight routes in cities including London, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham.

A cockapoo was so excited to see the snow, she couldn't stop jumping up and down while impatiently waiting to be allowed out to play.

Emma Taylor told a court how she has been left devastated after her sons Logan, 3, and Jake, 2 (pictured together), died in a fire at their home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

The patient, who hasn't been identified, was moved from Leeds to a hospital in Liverpool for treatment after being diagnosed with MERS - a respiratory illness spread by contact with camels.

Housing Secretary James Brokenshire (pictured) warned that with 13 MPs having already declared - and potentially more to follow - there could end up being more runners than the Grand National.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: After 12 La Liga games there are just five points between the top 13 teams. The usual suspects are up there, but things just don't seem to be clicking at all. Sportsmail examines.

The bookmaking industry are close to announcing a plan to bet on Saturday's Virtual Reality Grand National with any profits made going to the NHS Charities Group.

For the most part, Kate Fall regards her role as a memoirist as an extension of her job as gatekeeper: to present the polished face of the Cameron administration to the world

John Carey is a welcoming host, full of enthusiasm, and the opposite of crusty. He can throw sparkling light on a poet's method in a handful of words

Anne Tyler's prose style is clear and unshowy. Her sentences have no flourishes. You could almost say that their only identifying feature is their lack of an identifying feature

Shahab Dehghani, 24, an Iranian economics student at Northeastern University, was denied entry to the US and ordered to immediately fly back to his native country.

The Home Secretary apparently set out on Tuesday that there will be no so-called 'carve outs' under Boris Johnson's Australian-style points-based immigration system.

Dozens of foreigners who may have been exposed to the potentially deadly coronavirus are set to be secretly held in isolation at a hotel near the centre of Sydney, a source has revealed. 

HENRY DEEDES: I have spent two rollercoaster weeks watching Donald Trump at close quarters, and speaking to scores who voted for him in 2016 and who intend to do so again.

The president's swipe is the latest in a row over immigration policy between Trump and Democratic leaders in his home state of New York over immigration policy.

A Hispanic student, who is a US citizen, says she was told by a teacher in Chicago to go back her country because she wouldn't stand during the national anthem at an assembly at her school.

Priti Patel blasted rapper Dave's incendiary claims that Boris Johnson is a 'real racist' this morning on Sky News and BBC Breakfast, calling them 'utter nonsense' and 'highly inappropriate'.

Erick Diaz Cruz, left and right in hospital, was shot on February 6 by an agent who was part of a team trying to arrest his mother's boyfriend. He had been visiting NYC on a vacation. Scene inset.

A leading Tory MP has accused Boris Johnson of making 'really ill-judged' comments in the past and told him to 'think very carefully' about the impact his words have on women and ethnic minorities.

President Trump defended his response to the coronavirus outbreak and attacked 'Do Nothing Democrats, who he said were 'wasting time' on the 'Immigration Hoax.'