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).

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.

The first daughter is in Europe with husband Jared Kushner for Christmas Day. They are expected to join the rest of the Trump family at Mar-a-Lago Thursday.

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

Hero David Nolan, 32, from Cork, used his body to shield his girlfriend Katie Healy from the bullets when gunmen opened fire on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris last month.

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.

Belgian authorities have had the names and addresses of nearly 100 suspected Islamic militants weeks before the Paris atrocities. Here we reveal the links of the Molenbeek cell police missed.

The French capital has fallen from being Brits' second-favourite Valentine's Day hotspot, to their eighth. It ranks behind Amsterdam, Rome, New York, Barcelona, Prague and Reykjavik.

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.

Christian Rawson spotted the heron at Adel Dam Nature Reserve outside Leeds, Yorks, and trained his camera on it because he thought it was poised to catch a fish.

Steven Roberts, 31, from Leeds, was mean to be flying out to San Jose in Costa Rica with his friends, but managed to book a flight to San Jose in California.

The victim was believed to have been carrying a firearm when he was attacked at 4.36pm yesterday in Seacroft, Leeds.

George Blanchard, 12, (pictured) was last seen at 12.12pm on Monday in the Chapeltown area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, but has not been seen since and police are becoming 'very concerned'.

The father and son who were tragically found dead in a stretch of water after going on a fishing trip have been named locally as Martin, 43 and Jack Andrews, 19 from Pudsey in Leeds, West Yorks.

Panicked onlookers called the emergency services at 6.45pm and reported that the teenager had failed to return to shore at the river near Cardigan Fields, Kirkstall (divers pictured on the scene last night).

An officer at the event - whose headline acts included Kendrick Lamar and Sum 41 - tweeted a picture of a huge number of ecstasy tablets which had been seized.

The man jumped from the eighth-floor of the tower block in Leeds, West Yorkshire, at around 10.30am. A group of students had been there making a short film.

Jarrod Lynch (pictured), 26, was racing on his horse Euroman in Grand National Hurdle at Morphetville racecourse in Adelaide at 1pm on Saturday.

The decision, which follows the announcement by the Jockey Club on Monday evening to cancel the Randox Health Grand National, will place the sport under considerable financial strain.

In all, Kenneth Rose wrote six million words of diaries, of which his appointed editor has selected roughly half a million for publication. If these are the gems, I dread to think what the duds were like

Did you know that in 2019 a Belgian man broke the record for sitting on the toilet for the longest time - 116 hours?

With this, her first novel, Naoise Dolan proves she is a wonderfully sharp, comic writer, adept at making wisecracks in the caustic, knock-'em-off, knock-'em-down tradition of Dorothy Parker

What a bizarre book this is: three parts funny to one part stark, staring horror

Mexican authorities recaptured 100 of more than 200 that fled an immigration station on Monday in southern Mexico as hundreds more remained stuck on the Suchiate River's shore.

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.

Downing Street has rejected a big business demand to allow low-skilled migration from the EU to continue after Brexit, telling companies to focus on training UK workers instead.

The Health Secretary sought to reassure the public today as he addressed MPs about the killer outbreak that has led Beijing to place a city larger than London in quarantine.

Priti Patel today launched a savage attack on big British business as she said companies had become 'far too reliant on low skilled' and 'cheap' workers from the EU.

The High Court has ruled in a majority 4-3 verdict that Aboriginal people can't be deported from Australia because they are exempt from immigration laws under the constitution.

Zoltan Tamas (pictured), an immigrant from Romania who once drove for President Donald Trump is still being detained by ICE a year after he was given a deportation reprieve.

Ilaitia Cokanasiga, 48, from Fiji, said he felt 'immense pride' to have served with the UK armed forces but now feels 'betrayed' after he was let down by the government.

A shocking video shows the passengers standing within touching distance of one another as they queued for immigration - despite government advice to keep two meters apart.

Sudhir Sharma, pictured with his daughter, from Hounslow, west London, died on Wednesday before Pooja, who worked in an East Sussex hospital, suffered the same tragic fate the next day.

The decision comes on the heel of mounting pressure from Democrats and pro-immigrant groups who have demanded the mass liberation of more than 34,000 incarcerated.

The Home Secretary announced last month that 2,800 medics will have 12 months added to visas. But the Health Committee heard today many workers doing 'essential' tasks would not be covered.

Zayn Malik's younger sister Safaa, 17, has broken her social media silence after her wedding last month.

The former world No 1 and his partner were beaten in their first-round clash in front of the Briton's mum Judy and wife Kim who were supporting Andy in the stands.

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The 28-year-old midfielder made the announcement on Monday, wanting to concentrate on his club career with Sheffield United - who are back in the Premier League after a 12-year absence.

The 39-year-old, who scored nine times in 80 appearances for his country and played at Euro 2016, was a free agent after leaving Rangers at the end of last season.

The Real Madrid man is in line to make his 95th international appearance after a muscle tear ruled him out of the friendly draw with Argentina and qualifying win over Estonia in September.

Nicole Scherzinger just made a spectacular comeback performance with the Pussycat Dolls on The X Factor UK. 

Paddy McGuinness has been banned from swearing by his wife Christine after their daughter Felicity, two, repeatedly yelled 's**t' at nursery.

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Temperatures are forecast to build until Sunday but downpours will hit northern areas until Friday, with outbreaks of rain expected in some southern parts before high pressure moves in.

Heavy rain will fall over Wales and North West England between 3pm today and 12pm tomorrow with homes likely to be flooded in Mid Wales between 6pm tonight and 10am tomorrow.

Snow is expected to hit parts of the UK while temperatures plummet to -8C in mini 'Beast from the East' set to batter lockdown Britain until next week (pictured, snow settling in Co Durham).

Typical April weather will resume next week, with rain and much lower temperatures on the way. Britons have enjoyed sunshine in recent days, that has brought wisteria and tulips into bloom early.

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