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.

London tops the list with 54 sightings in a year which have been reported by air traffic control employees, pilots, police officers and journalists. Kent comes in second with 30 sightings.

The model and actress remains behind closed doors at her London home as the UK abides to strict social distancing measures in the fight against coronavirus COVID-19.

The actress stepped out in Hampstead, London on Wednesday for a shopping trip as she stocked up on supplies amid lockdown.

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.

Halfords, Decathlon, Evans and Wheelbase are all listing some models of mountain and road bikes as out of stock on their websites. Surge in sales comes as Britons prepare for post-lockdown life.

A man vented his fury at staff workers in a Sainsbury's store after they told him he could not shop with his boyfriend due to social distancing rules.

The Love Island star showcased her toned abs as she took her beloved pooch Buddy out for a walk in South West London on Wednesday.

The American rapper highlighted her pert posterior in a pair of daring semi-sheer cycle shorts for the event.

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.

The model took to the catwalk for Chloe's showcase of their upcoming spring/ summer collection on Wednesday.

She was recently seen storming the runway as she displayed her modelling prowess during Milan Fashion Week just a few days ago.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 31, didn't even need to be on the catwalk as she showed off her model prowess front row at the Loewe show in Paris Fashion Week on Friday.

Sam Taylor-Johnson, 51, and husband of six years Aaron, 28, looked as happy as ever as they sat front row at the Givenchy Paris Fashion Week spring/summer '19 presentation on Sunday.

Poppy Delevingne turned out in style for the Giambattista Valli presentation during Paris Fashion Week as she joined friend and socialite Lady Mary Charteris.

Footage captured the chaotic scene in Paris as a large crowd push and shove each other to try gain quick entry to snap up the limited pieces.

Kaia Gerber is one of the most sought after models during Paris Fashion Week, walking the runway for the likes of Chanel, Sacai and Valentino. 

Sophie Turner looked fashion forward as she joined fiancé Joe Jonas at the Louis Vuitton Paris Fashion Week show on Tuesday.

David Beckham continued to show off his healthy locks as he attended the Paris Mondial de l'Automobile motor show in Paris, France, on Tuesday.

A dozen Berliet VXB-170s will be deployed against thousands of demonstrators who have pledged to bring chaos to the capital, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe confirmed.

She's been employing her burlesque expertise for a series of performances in Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show in Paris over the past several days.

The Oscar-winning actress, 28, displayed her huge ring as she arrived at the Dior autumn-winter Paris Fashion Week presentation at Musée Rodin in the French capital on Tuesday afternoon.

The fashion world lost an icon when Karl Lagerfeld passed away on February 19, aged 85, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. 

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.

A stunning series of photographs reveal how a 'stray flame' eventually turned into a towering inferno that engulfed Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral overnight.

Janet,72, was discussing the Notre-Dame fire with colleagues on Loose Women today, and despite saying how sad she was about the fire, she also argued that the money should go elsewhere.

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.

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

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

Team GB will be targeting another clutch of medals as the Olympic Games enters its 11th day in Rio. Join Sportsmail's LUKE AUGUSTUS for all the action from Brazil as it happens.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: The elite French police officer spoke of his despair after the death of seven-year-old hero dog Diesel in Paris last month, a victim of a dramatic shoot-out with holed up ISIS terrorists.

ISIS have released a barbaric propaganda video showing the Paris attackers beheading prisoners and training with weapons before they carried out the city massacre which left 130 people dead.

The Belgian Shepherd was killed as police stormed a flat in Paris, France, on November 18 - three days after ISIS extremists had murdered 130 people in the city.

They not only killed Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian Shepherd, but wounded innocent neighbours and threatened at least five other policemen with their reckless shooting during the Paris gun battle.

Worried parents (pictured) led their children away from an evacuated primary school in the Forest district of Brussels, where police were hunting a jihadi cell linked the Paris terror attacks.

Footage from the arrest of Paris terrorist attacker Salah Abdeslam in Brussels shows the moment he is shot in the leg as he tries to flee police - and dropping a note as he is taken down.

Salah Abdeslam was shot in the leg by police commandos and has been captured alive in the district of Molenbeek in the Belgian capital.

Strolling through a Brussels market without a care in the world, this is captured Paris terrorist Salah Abdeslam in new footage shot before the attacks on the French capital.

The Sheffield bar, called Paris, advertised the drink on their Instagram account (pictured). The bar refused to back down despite a backlash from students speaking out in protest against the name.

An Algerian Islamist suspect was killed and four police officers were wounded in the shooutout, which led to Abdeslam's arrest three days later in Forest, Molenbeek, after a four-month manhunt.

This terrifying map documents the sixteen different attacks carried out by jihadis which have killed 364 people in Europe.

Laura Jane, from Leeds, said she was stunned when she heard a loud thud as the bird crashed into the glass and and left a body-shaped mark for proof.

Adam Marr (pictured), 24, and three friends decided to dangerously walk across the transparent roof of Trinity Leeds retail outlet, some 100ft above the ground.

Demi Rose put on a busty appearance as she showed off her ample assets while arriving at a popular nightclub in Leeds on Saturday.

Pulp Fiction-obsessed Will Cornick, now 19, is serving a minimum 20-year sentence for stabbing Ann Maguire during a Spanish lesson at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds.

Shocking footage shows the victim, a 42-year-old man, being set upon outside the Nite Trax club, in Chapeltown Road, Leeds, shortly before 1am on August 29, last year.

She's recently rekindled things with rugby beau Matt Sarsfield, who she stepped out with on Wednesday.  But Ex On The Beach star, Charlotte Dawson, 24, was flying solo

Andy Star, 31, (pictured) and Farhad Salah, 22, were arrested on December 19 in a series of early morning raids in the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas of South Yorkshire.

Michelle Chan (pictured) says she was asked to leave Barber Barber, Leeds while waiting for her boyfriend and had to wait in the street as the shop has a male-only policy to avoid queuing.