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Colourised pictures from Spanish flu 100 years ago show people wearing almost identical Covid masks

Face masks became a vital piece of equipment in 1918 - be it for those out for a stroll on a street, Red Cross nurses treating the injured or a worker spraying the top of a London bus.




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SAS: Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton's brother is charged over £350,000 cocaine bust

Michael Middleton, pictured right alongside his TV hardman brother, was one of three men charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs.




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Brown rat takes on magpie in daylight battle before it is chased off by its sharp-beaked foe 

The chase was filmed by magician Shaun Ames, 37, as he took his daily walk past Marble Arch, outside Hyde Park. It is thought the animals may have been fighting in order to protect their young.




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Dr Hilary Jones offers advice on how to safely order takeaways during the COVID-19 pandemic

Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, London-based GP Dr Hilary Jones, 66, gave advice on how to safely order from fast-food chains with selected McDonald's branches set to reopen.




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Drug manufacturer says it will start to make experimental COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine in the UK

Accord Healthcare announced today it was importing 50 tonnes of raw chemical materials to its factory in Durham where it plans to produce the anti-malaria drug.




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Child, five, is in hospital after falling from a window in North London 

The child was injured after falling from the window in Maygrove Road in Kilburn, London on Tuesday afternoon and was taken to hospital. Pictured: The crew trapped inside the basketball court.




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Calls to re-examine virus research after Professor Lockdown quit over trysts with his married lover 

Professor Neil Ferguson - who led the team that helped to convince ministers to introduce strict rules on social distancing - breached them himself by meeting his married lover in his London flat.




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London Zoo may have to shut down: Bosses facing £2.3m a month losses in the coronavirus crisis

London zoo furloughed 280 staff but needs a cash injection of £25million to stay afloat as it faces the worst crisis since opening in 1847. This could put its collection of more than 20,000 animals at risk.




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CRAIG BROWN: It was the celeb wot dunnit! A-Z guide to the next 10,000 hours of Lockdown TV - Part 1

CRAIG BROWN COLUMN: Part One of an A-Z guide to the next 10,00 hours of Lockdown TV. From arms dealers to chief inspectors and ex-girlfriends.




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'Extreme' speeding soars by 142% in London with 10 people killed in road crashes during lockdown

Officers have issued more than 4,000 enforcement notices in the capital since emergency measures came in on March 23 - a 71 per cent increase on the total of just over 2,300 handed out in 2019.




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Airbnb landlord looks on in horror as doorbell CCTV shows 12 revellers sneaking into his flat

EXCLUSIVE: The landlord said he received a booking for the apartment in Notting Hill, London at around 9pm on April 18, and warned that only two people could be inside the property at once.




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Gangs of London stars reveal there is 'intent' for second series of critically acclaimed drama 

The team behind critically acclaimed Sky crime drama Gangs of London have revealed there is 'intent' for a second series.




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Bomber Command hero who completed 48 missions by the age of 21 dies just weeks before VE Day 

Flight Sergeant Robert 'Bob' Gill, from London, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his role in the Allied bombing campaign against Berlin's war machine.




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How London's famous landmarks looked on VE Day in 1945 compared to eerie quiet of 2020

As nearly six years of conflict came to an end in Europe, millions of Britons took the streets of London to celebrate with street parties, music and dancing into the night




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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley goes braless at Paris Fashion Week 

She made a very stylish appearance at the Saint Laurent fashion show in Paris on Tuesday night.




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Thylane Blondeau steps out after PFW show in Paris on the arm of boyfriend Oscar Bimes

Thylane Blondeau made a fashionable exit from her hotel in Paris on Wednesday night after a stint on the catwalk earlier in the day, on the arm of her boyfriend Oscar Bimes.




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Kaia Gerber leads the Stella McCartney Paris Fashion Week catwalk

She's had a busy September, having stormed the runways for top designers across the world, during fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris.




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Kaia Gerber and Adwoa Aboah rock the Chanel runway at PFW

They're two of the most in-demand models of the moment, and have stormed countless catwalks in recent weeks.




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Lindsay Lohan is 'still partying very hard' and is a 'nightmare to those around her'

Lindsay Lohan may be back to her old ways, as a source told PEOPLE that the Mean Girls actress, 'hasn't changed whatsoever,'adding, she is 'still partying very hard and drinking a lot.'




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Nina Dobrev joins androgynous Shay Mitchell during Paris Fashion Week 

The Vampire Diaries actress, 29, looked ultra-chic in a skimpy pinafore dress in the French capital, while Shay Mitchell kept things androgynous in an oversized blazer.




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Kaia Gerber, 17, steps out solo during Paris Fashion Week

Kaia Gerber was stepping out in style in the midst of all the Paris style madness, showing off her flair for fashion in a smart black tuxedo dress on Tuesday night.




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Trump meets Macron at Élysée after slamming French host in arrival tweet

Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron this morning at Elysee Palace in Paris after slamming him Friday night in a tweet seconds after landing at Orly in Air Force One.




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The world's healthiest cities: Paris is No1, Miami 6th and London 67th

A ranking of the 100 healthiest cities in the world was drawn up by researchers counting the number of parks, gyms, spas, yoga studios and vegan-option restaurants in each place.




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Man 'who supplied guns used in 2015 Paris attack' arrested in Belgium

The man, named only as Mohammed E, was arrested in Brussels shortly before Christmas and charged with supplying the Kalashnikov rifles used to murder 130 people in Paris.




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Emma Watson shakes hands with Macron at Gender Equality meeting

Emma Watson attended the first meeting for the G7 (Group of Seven) Advisory Council For Gender Equality with French President Emmanuel Macron in Elysee Palace, Paris on Tuesday.




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Public figures and celebrities around the world react with shock and horror as Notre Dame burns  

The world stood helpless as Notre Dame burned on Monday and hundreds of French fire fighters worked to put out the blaze. While they fought the fire, a host of stars and politicians took to social media.




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Notre Dame fire incorrectly tagged with 9/11 attack details on YouTube

YouTube accidentally tagged clips of the fire engulfing Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris with details about the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. The error came from a fact-checking feature.




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Did firefighters follow 18th Century emergency protocol to save Notre Dame?

Firefighters followed a 230-year-old protocol when battling last night's blaze at Notre Dame in Paris, according to a Twitter user, citing a lecture at Versailles on long term city planning.




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York Minster cathedral's rise from the ashes of 1984 fire inspires hope for Notre Dame

Devastating scenes of the historic Notre Dame being ravaged by a huge blaze last night will bring back memories for those who remember the 1984 York Minster fire (the aftermath, pictured).




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Friend of billionaire who pledged €100m to Notre Dame says donations should be 90% tax deductible

French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, who owns firm behind Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent and is married to Salma Hayek, pledged €100m to Notre Dame.




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Fundraising for three burned-down black churches in Louisiana skyrockets past 1.45MILLION

The 'Seventh District Baptist Church Fires St Landry' page grew in virality by Wednesday following a surplus of shares of the GoFundMe by several notable figures, including the site itself.




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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Paris with underage sex slave in photo

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell seem carefree as they walk through Paris in a photo taken two decades ago by Virginia Roberts, their 'underage sex slave.'




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Paris opens Jeffrey Epstein probe after child sex abuse victim group gets 10 witness statements

Investigations will focus on potential crimes committed against French victims, in France and abroad, and on French suspects connected to alleged Jeffrey Epstein crimes, Prosecutor said Friday.




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Lily Allen combines tracksuit with £7.5k Chanel bag in Paris

The Smile songstress, 34, cut a casual figure while bundled up in a tracksuit as she puffed a cigarette outside Gare du Nord station while also toting a £7400 Chanel bag




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Penelope Cruz joins Kristen Stewart at Chanel's Paris show 

Penelope Cruz brought the glamour to Chanel's Metiers d'art 2019-2020 show at Le Grand Palais in Paris on Wednesday.




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Boy, 10, found dead inside Air France plane's landing gear

The tragic youngster was a stowaway on an Air France plane from Abidjan in the Ivory Coast to France, it has been reported. Air France says an investigation into the death is ongoing.




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London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott's golden double in Melbourne

Laura Trott added the women's omnium world title to the team pursuit gold at the world championships in Melbourne on Saturday.




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London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott - It's Top Secret

Double world champion track cyclist Laura Trott opens up to Sportsmail on her admiration for Victoria Pendleton, her love of Britney Spears and a strange chocolate habit.




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London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott became a cyclist thanks to obese mother's bid to lose weight

Glenda Trott took her family to a cycling track because she was desperate to lose weight. She lost seven stone and introduced her daughter to a sport she excelled at.




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Laura Trott: That's a bit of an error! Royal Mail to put golden post box for Team GB's Laura Trott in wrong town... 13 miles away from where it should be!

Despite her astonishing success in the cycling team pursuit yesterday, not everything has gone to plan for Laura Trott.




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London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott wins cycling gold in the omnium

In one phrase, petite Laura Trott, Essex girl and now double Olympic champion, became the embodiment of British Cycling. ‘Once I got that winning feeling that was it, I really didn’t want to not win,’ she said.




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Joanna Rowsell: Laura Trott is my cycling vroom-mate - London 2012 Olympics

When I started cycling, Laura Trott was the Under 12 national champion and I was good friends with her older sister Emma. I remember telling Emma I'd heard how good she was.




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Olympics 2012: Laura Trott almost died as a baby but has defied the odds to achieve gold, twice!

Just over a year ago, Laura Trott was a promising youngster who thought she would get her chance at an Olympics in 2016. Today the twenty-year-old is the proud owner of TWO Olympic gold medals.




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London Olympics 2012: Laura Trott becomes double champion aged just 20

The blonde 5ft 4in cyclist from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is lucky to be alive after she was born a month prematurely suffering from a collapsed lung.




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London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott with David Beckham

They are the new king and queen of the track cycling. And it seems Laura Trott and Jason Kenny are ready to rule Britannia together for many years to come.




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Olympic champ Laura Trott shakes off the nerves as she strikes first blow in omnium at Track Cycling World Cup   

London 2012 double Olympic champion Laura Trott set aside her anxiety to win the first of six disciplines in the women's omnium on day two of the Track Cycling World Cup in London.




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Laura Trott announces engagement to Olympic cycling champion Jason Kenny on Twitter 

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'




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Laura Trott celebrates fellow Olympic cyclist Joanna Rowsell's hen do 

Joanna, who suffers from alopecia, is getting set to tie the knot with her accountant fiance, Dan Shand.




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Laura Trott completes golden double at the European Track Cycling Championships  

Laura Trott won her second gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships by following up her team pursuit medal with a win in the scratch race.




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Laura Trott takes omnium gold to become most successful rider in European Track Clycing Championships history 

Laura Trott secured victory in the omnium to take her third gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships. Trott had already won gold in the women's team pursuit and the scratch race.