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The Queen today paid tribute to 'my generation' as she saluted the heroism of D-Day veterans at a 75th anniversary event where a British veteran received an ovation from the monarch and Donald Trump. More than 300 heroes who survived the invasion of France in 1944 were guests of honour. Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Justin Trudeau were among the politicians who gathered in Portsmouth exactly 75 years after US General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, gave the final order to invade German-occupied France with the message: 'The eyes of the world are upon you'. Sergeant John Jenkins MBE, 99, who was born and raised in the Hampshire city, was in the Pioneer Corps on D-Day and aged 23 (inset) landed on Gold Beach on June 8, and gave a moving, humble and funny speech that brought world leaders and royalty to their feet. He said: 'I was terrified, I think everyone was. I was just a small part in a very big machine. You never forget your comrades because we were all in it together'.

JLS star Oritsé Williams's £3million mansion has been gutted by fire in a suspected arson just days after he was cleared of raping a fan in a hotel room. Around 70 firefighters were called to tackle the huge blaze, which broke out yesterday afternoon (below left and right), but they could do nothing to prevent the three-storey property's roof being destroyed (pictured above this morning). Police revealed today they are now treating the fire as suspicious and an investigation has been launched into the cause. Williams bought the six-bedroom home for £3million with his then-girlfriend AJ Azari in 2013. Five years later he put it on the market at a knock-down price of £1.75million after he was charged with rape, but it is yet to sell. The lavish property, in Croydon, south London, was once owned by legendary late comedian Ronnie Corbett but fell into a state of disrepair after it was sold to 32-year-old Williams. It features a hot tub in the bedroom, outdoor swimming pool and a ping pong table. Last week, the singer (pictured inset right) was found not guilty of rape.

Sophie Hinchcliffe has amassed a following of 2.5million on the social network where she posts pictures of her spotless Essex pad and tips on how others can keep their homes as clean as hers. But her apparent domestic serenity was dealt a blow this week when it emerged she is now the subject of an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Mrs Hinchcliffe says she is 'clear about any content that is part of a commercial partnership' and insists that, if anything, she is 'overcautious' about plugging brands. It is unclear which posts the ASA is investigating.

Claire Makel, 41, faces a public indecency rap following romp with married cop. The mother-of-two is married to former Blackburn and Hearts star Lee Makel, 46 (both pictured left). She was allegedly caught having sex with police superintendent Gareth Blair (right). Chief Supt Blair, 48, was suspended from his job last month over the tryst. Father of one, married to a fitness instructor, was reported to prosecutors and police watchdogs

NEW D-Day veteran Thomas Cuthbert, 93, from Essex, told the President: 'If it wasn't for you, and if only I was 20 years younger,' while gesturing to Melania, 49, who was standing next to him. The president replied: 'You could handle it, there's no question about it.' The President spoke to Mr Cuthbert, who served at D Day, at a reception following the commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the landings in Portsmouth.

The President looked delighted as he put on the Lock & Co black hat - monochromed with his initials 'DJT' - given as a gift by Piers Morgan at the end of a world exclusive interview with Good Morning Britain this morning. The leader of the free world's conversation with Piers is his only one-to-one with either a UK or US network during his historic three-day state visit to Britain this week. Paying tribute to Mr Churchill as Britain and America commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day today, Mr Trump said: 'He's right up there. He would certainly be a hero', adding there are 'similarities' between the two leaders. He added: 'He was able to handle pressure very well. Hitler was unstoppable at the time - he was going through countries like cheese. He was a great man who reacted so well under the gun, under pressure. There are not many people like that'.

This is the horrifying moment an elderly protester was knocked to the ground during a scuffle at yesterday's rallies. The man seemed to have stolen one of the anti-Trump placards and was holding it tightly to his chest. The mob then start to gain on the man in Parliament Square, who was wearing a 'Make America Great Again' hat and can be seen trying to grab the placard off him, while yelling in his face 'Donald Trump not welcome here'. The pensioner can be heard shouting 'get off' whilst the other men grab his jacket and pull him.

Trump's advisers, cabinet members and aides were pictured checking out of the InterContinental hotel on Park Lane in Mayfair on Wednesday. White House counsel Kellyanne Conway and secretary of treasury Steve Mnuchin were among those spotted leaving the lavish hotel. Some aides were spotted balancing hampers from the upmarket department store Fortnum & Mason, which can range in price from $65 to $1,200, as they left the hotel lobby. The U.S. Secret Service's technical security division were pictured hauling equipment into waiting vehicles, while a huge crate marked 'presidential food service' was carted out of the hotel.

The Trump family continue to delight social media fans with snaps of visit to the UK, as they accompany their father President Trump on his state visit. The 'crew' visited the US Ambassador last night for a glamorous party at Winfield House. (pictured left, Ivanka, US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and actress Louise Linton, and right, the family pose outside Winfield House)

Donald and Melania Trump welcomed Charles and Camilla to the US Ambassador's official residence Winfield House in Regent's Park yesterday (top) for a lavish dinner to reciprocate for Monday's state banquet at Buckingham Palace. The wives of the President, the heir to the throne, and the Ambassador were photographed enjoying a pre-dinner chat, although only Camilla seemed to be enjoying a glass of wine (centre). As the royal couple arrived, Melania Trump was seen extending her hand in a manner very reminiscent of the Queen's body language on Monday. No speeches were given in the dining room but the Prince and the President raised toasts (bottom left) and Mr Trump was seen talking animatedly to Theresa May (inset). Trump's daughter Ivanka was among several members of his family who attended.

The 21-year-old glamour model was being quizzed for a second day about her role in the 2017 kidnapping plot for which Lukasz Herba was jailed last year for 16 years. His brother Michal is now on trial. Ayling insists she was drugged and told she would be sold as a sex slave.Today, giving evidence to the court in Milan via video link from London, Ayling was questioned about her drug habits. She admitted taking cocaine, contradicting a police statement she made in July 2017 when she said she had never taken drugs.

Residents of Llwynhendy, south Wales, pictured, stood out in the rain waiting to get screened for tuberculosis following an outbreak of the disease which claimed the life of one person in 2018. Margaret Pelger, 64, inset, died in September 2018, five days after being diagnosed with the disease. She is one of 29 people linked to The Joiners Arms pub in the village, inset right, who have contracted the disease since 2010.

Abbey Clancy declared she feels like the 'luckiest girl alive' as she shared a sweet snap of her newborn baby with her footballer husband Peter Crouch and son Johnny, 17 months, on her Instagram page on Wednesday (main image). The model, 33, gave birth on June 3 and the sportsman, 38, (pictured together, bottom right) announced the arrival of their fourth child via his Twitter page (top right) on Tuesday, joking he had been named after Liverpool FC player Divock Origi and his favourite curry house. Abbey later melted hearts by posting another adorable shot of her eldest daughter Sophia, nine, helping to change the newborn's nappy.

Michael Caine won a million hearts when his charismatic ex-con Charlie Croker first hit screens in 1969 but how did the rest of the stars of The Italian Job fare? Some of the cast of the cult comedy, which saw a gang of hapless criminals trying to get rich quick via a gold heist in Italy, went on to lead extraordinary off-screen lives including Graham Payn, Noel Coward's life-long lover and Simon Dee, who enjoyed a glittering BBC career before falling from grace and landing in prison over financial woes. (Cast members pictured from left, top and bottom: Simon Dee, Michael Caine, Margaret Blye, John Forgeman and Graham Payn)

American medics treat a wounded man on the beaches on June 6, 1944 (top left), Rangers rest in a German defensive position at Pointe du Hoc they captured during the invasion (bottom), and reinforcements come ashore after the initial fighting (top right) in these fascinating images that have been rendered in colour for the first time. D-Day saw tens of thousands of Allied troops storm the beaches of Normandy and drop from the skies in an attempt to break into Hitler's 'fortress Europe'. Despite failing to achieve a single key objective on the first day of fighting, they gained a toe-hold on the European mainland which they used to drive the Nazis back to Berlin, where they were crushed by the Russians.

Reg Charles, 96, is the last surviving member of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry which helped to secure two key bridges in Normandy, just hours before the Allied beach assault on June 6, 1944. Some 18 men died in the raid (right) codenamed Operation Deadstick, which aimed to land six Horsa gliders near two small bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal in northern France, capturing them from the Germans. Mr Charles, who lives in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, arrived a few days after the glider invasion itself, but is the last surviving member of the unit. Today, he proudly saluted during a ceremony at the Pegasus Bridge Museum (left). Other veterans today spoke of their pride at attending the D-Day 75th anniversary event in Portsmouth along with world leaders, describing it as an emotional chance to remember their comrades who did not return.

Tom Rice, 97, from San Diego, California, was among some 200 parachutists who filled the Normandy skies of France for the 75th anniversary of the invasion as they leapt from vintage C-47 Dakota planes in what was a moving sight. They were honouring the airborne soldiers who jumped into gunfire and death ahead of the June 6, 1944, seaborne invasion. Their engines throbbing, the C-47 transporters dropped group after group of parachutists. Mr Rice jumped in a tandem into roughly the same area he landed in on D-Day near Carentan, a town among the main targets for the paratroopers. He said: 'It went perfect, perfect jump. I feel great. I'd go up and do it all again.' They jumped from the C-47s in Second World War colours and other aircraft, aiming for fields of wild flowers on the edge of the town.

The currently unidentified object (pictured) was found by a visitor after washing up on the shore of Shackleford Banks in Hakers Island, North Carolina. And the white triangular-shaped spines reaching from a brown and salty-looking center has left Cape Lookout National Seashore, part of the NPS, 'stumped' by the find.

An 'illegal immigrant' was found hiding underneath a coach full of Liverpool fans returning home from the Champions League in Madrid. The man was removed after they stopped in Calais on Monday. Shocking footage shows him crawling out between two wheels before walking away. A man in a red baseball hat yells at him to 'get the f*** off! Get out you f****** d***head!' The two then appear to have a brief scuffle before the man yells: 'Everyone wants to go home you d***head! Get off!' It comes after 74 migrants, including children, were stopped as they tried to reach the UK this weekend using eight boats. Only one boat managed to land, coming in on the East Sussex coast.

Laura J Hyatt (left) a blogger from London, wrote about it on her blog Heroine in Heels, where she said that she was trying to create a photo which showed she was in a tropical paradise - when in fact she was using a paddling pool with fake flowers (right in the pool). The photo hack shows just how easy it is to fake Instagram pictures with a few easy steps - reminding us that Instagram feeds aren't always real.

A new online gallery compiled by BoredPanda has revealed American A-listers at prom, showcasing dodgy fake tans, wild hairstyles and sequin dresses. The awkward teenage pictures are far from the chic and stylish celebrities we know and love. (pictured left-right Angelina Jolie, Barak Obama, Lady Gaga and Scarlett Johansson)

A 56-tonne, 75ft bridge structure in Russia's Arctic region has vanished without a trace - prompting a criminal investigation into its disappearance.The structure made up the central span of a long-dismantled bridge over the Umba river, near the abandoned settlement of Oktyabrskaya, in the region of Murmansk. Reports of the bridge part's mysterious disappearance began circulating in late May on a Russian social media site, VK - with local residents speculating metal thieves were responsible.

This is the shocking moment an angry doctor beats a 30-year-old patient in front of a packed hospital ward. Filmed at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur, north-west India, the medic can be seen hitting the patient, named locally as Mubarik, repeatedly before appearing to slap him across the face. Admitted due to a stomach inflammation, the hospital claims the attack happened after the patient assaulted two doctors. It also says the video has been edited to portray it in a bad way.

Horror footage shows an elderly hiker spinning around at a rapid speed in a hoist during a helicopter rescue in Arizona.Video of the 74-year-old woman in an out-of-control spin as she is being flown for medication treatment on a stretcher went viral and was viewed millions of times after it was posted on ABC15's Facebook page early on Tuesday.Phoenix Fire Department responded to reports of the injured hiker Piestewa Peak, who had taken a ground level fall and sustained facial and head injuries. She was put in a stretcher-like device that was lifted from the ground to the helicopter.The video, which lasted 1 minute and 50 seconds,  shows the stretcher with the woman spinning rapidly as it is hoisted up.

The remarkable archive of over 800 images includes behind-the-scene snaps of the lead actors Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh unwinding between takes while shooting in California. One extraordinary photo shows the director Victor Fleming holding the novel 'Gone With The Wind' while in discussion with Leigh. The photos were taken at the request of the film's producer David Selznick and are not believed to even have been printed until the 1970s. They are being sold at auction by a private collector with US based Julien's Auctions, who expect them to fetch £6,000 ($8,000).

Oeds de Boer, 20, flew from the Netherlands to surprise Marybel Lindsey, 18, (together right) at her prom in Nashville. The pair had met while he was an exchange student at her high school in Tennessee. To surprise Marybel, Oeds dressed in an all-white tux and held a handmade sign to stand on a bridge (inset), behind his long- distance girlfriend and her friends while they posed for a prom photo. When a shocked Marybel (left) was shown the picture it took her a few seconds to realize Oeds was really there to surprise her.

Tesla-obsessed Charlie Freeman (pictured), from Hockley in Essex, was excited when he found out his family had hired a red Model S, worth £75,500, for the day for his ninth birthday. Footage from the day shows Charlie spotting the sleek, electric car in the parking lot, but little did he know his family rented it for the day for him. His father Russ told MailOnline: 'Charlie has been so inspired by the cars that he has talked about wanting to design cars when he is older.'

Rebecca Wooldridge, 45, from Sutton Coldfield, caught her triplets on camera after the broke through child locks into the kitcen. Two year olds Etta and Maya-Albertine coated themselves in Nutella, while their sister Amelie wisely stayed out of trouble. Left: Rebecca with Etta, Maya-Albertine, Amelie, and their brother Felix, six.

Incredible photos shared online show ominous dark skies above the Houses of Parliament as dozens of Londoners questioned the unusual formation this morning. The strange meteorological occurrence is not a black hole as many social media users pondered, but Asperita clouds, according to the Met Office. These the dark and stormy clouds as common in the US and are typically seen following thunderstorms.