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Jon Wharnsby (left) recalls the agony of choosing between a terrified mother and daughter screaming on a tenth-floor stairway - or pushing on to a 14th-floor flat where residents also faced death. In a split second, he and a crewmate reached the same decision. Bellowing at each other through breathing masks, they agreed: the people choking on fumes in front of them could be saved; the fate of residents higher up was less certain. Without help, the woman and her girl would have needed a miracle to make it downstairs through the thick, choking smoke. Minutes after carrying them to safety, Jon and crew partner Terry Lowe were back inside, again trying to reach the 14th floor.

It may have been the Queen's 91st birthday but Kate Middleton and her two young children Prince George and Princess Charlotte were the stars of the show on a packed Buckingham Palace balcony. The young Royals joined the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and the other members of the family as they waved to large crowds outside the palace and watched an RAF flypast for Trooping the Colour. Prince George can be seen mouth agape and head tilted to the sky watching the planes. The three-year-old was also snapped peering out of the window behind the balcony taking in the thousands of people below. His younger sister, Princess Charlotte, shared a joke with her parents, Kate Middleton and Prince William, and other youngsters atop the balcony.

The grief-stricken parents of 12-year-old Jessica Urbano (pictured left) have been desperately searching through London hospitals, trying to find their daughter who went missing in Grenfell Tower. Jessica was trapped on the 20th floor (pictured right) as the inferno spread, when she called her mother begging to help. In the wake of the disaster Jessica's parents (pictured inset) have been frantically searching throughout London A&E; wards for any sign of her.

Proud father Sir Bob Geldof (left) beamed from ear to ear as he greeted his stunning 25-year-old daughter (right) as she finally arrived to wed rock star fiancé George Barnett. Donning a traditional white dress with a floral bouquet, Miss Geldof's beige-clad bridesmaids - including Strictly Come Dancing star Daisy Lowe - awkwardly exited the bus into the 17th century stately home in Mallorca. Done up to the nines, former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles (inset) and Louis Tomlinson laughed and joked with Radio One DJ Nick Grimshaw over a glass of champagne ahead of the ceremony.

Rebecca Fenton(main, bottom right) is serving a life sentence for the assassination of her handsome, Clint Eastwood-lookalike husband Larry, 57, in a bid to claim $1 million. She was convicted of methodically planning his death and then pumping bullets into him at their luxury home in Clearwater, Florida, in 2008 as he watched sport on TV.

Dozens of former residents and victims met at the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre (inset) in Notting Hill. One man named Mohammed (left), who has lived in the area for 13 years, said: 'I'm ashamed of this borough. I am absolutely ashamed!' Mohammed said: 'I know the structure of that building, I know the families in that building. I know that should not have happened. There's been hundreds and hundreds of fires and nothing like that has ever happened. It's always been contained.' Meanwhile the new MP for Kensington (right) has claimed that some of the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster have been sent outside of the borough with just £10 a day to live on.

Anger is spilling over onto the streets of London. Three days after a tower block of sleeping people turned into a flaming torch in the sky, people have had enough, writes KATIE HOPKINS. They are sick of the lack of information. And despairing at the impotence of the politicians and leaders who have failed to react in any meaningful way to their anguish. Or to offer anything that feels like real help. 'What do we want? JUSTICE. When do we want it? NOW.' They shouted as they marched. What they really want is answers. Answers to all the simple question will answer. Based on what we do know, how many are thought to be dead?

Rita Ora made her way into a west London recording studio on Saturday afternoon as celebrities converged to record a fundraising track for those affected by the Grenfell Tower blaze. The singer, who grew up close to the site of the tragedy, was flanked by bodyguards as she made her way into Notting Hill's Sarm Studios to record a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water. Her appearance came after Simon Cowell pulled together some of the UK's biggest musical acts to collaborate on the single for the victims of the Grenfell blaze .

All wearing white wristbands, the Grenfell Tower survivors, volunteers and community leaders were pictured marching into Number 10 as nearby demonstrators yelled: 'May out!' The Prime Minister - who will meet residents, victims and volunteers - was this morning chairing a cross government meeting 'to support those affected by the Grenfell tragedy', a Downing Street spokesperson has said. Mrs May faced intense criticism over her response to the tragedy in which at least 30 people died this week. She was first blasted for avoiding locals when she visited the charred shell of the tower on Thursday. The wristbands grant access to the refuge centre close to the site. Pictured main, the victims arrive, and inset, the protests outside.

Scot Young (pictured left with then-girlfriend Noelle Reno), who died in December 2014 after falling from a balcony in London, was one of nine people to die in strange circumstances after telling police he was being targeted by Russian hitmen. All the cases were deemed non-suspicious by police in Britain, but a new investigation has uncovered evidence and claims MI6 asked US officials if the deaths could be assassinations. Images from his death scene show bloodied trainers (top right), scratch marks on the windowsill where he fell (bottom inset) a Crisis card, given to people suffering from problems relating to mental health and epilepsy medication (bottom right). He was also spotted with gang boss Patrick Adams in the months leading up to his death (top inset).

Tim Farron has been the victim of a vicious smear campaign by an ex-porn star and Liberal Democrat party member enraged by the former leader's views on homosexuality, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Chris Cooke (right), who was suspended from the party after posting an offensive tweet, made a formal complaint to party managers in the middle of the Election campaign, raising unfounded claims about Mr Farron's personal conduct as an act of revenge over the suspension. Embarrassingly, just eight months before he made the complaint, Cooke was pictured with his arm around Farron at the party's annual conference in September last year (left). Prior to joining politics, Mr Cooke had starred in films titled Double Pleasure, SoldierBoy and SpyBoy (inset).

Prince Harry has bought Meghan Markle a gold band - but sadly for the actress and Royal watchers, it is meant for her thumb rather than her wedding finger. Apparently having run out of jewellery to present to his girlfriend - short of an engagement ring, that is - the Prince has bought himself time with a gold thumb band. According to sources on the set of her US TV show Suits, Meghan only takes it off to film scenes under the guise of Rachel Zane, her high-achieving paralegal alter ego.

Two women tourists ended up without a stitch on during another weekend of madness in party resort Magaluf. Onlookers filmed the pair chatting to two female friends who were wearing clothes before one of the holidaymakers realised she was being videoed and shouted out in what appeared to be a Scottish accent 'Oh my God' before covering her backside with her hands and walking away. One of the pair was stark naked and the other, carrying her clothes in her arms, had just a tiny G-string on.

The jury in Bill Cosby's sensational trial for aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand (inset left center) have failed to reach a verdict in an outcome that has thrown the court into disarray. The 79-year-old disgraced actor was in court to hear the stunning news, bringing to an end a trial that lasted just six days and a defense that lasted just six minutes. But after roughly 53 hours of deliberations the jury returned unable to reconcile the two very different scenarios placed before them by the prosecution and Cosby's defense. Judge O'Neilll asked each juror individually, 'Do you agree that there is a hopeless deadlock that cannot be resolved by further deliberations?' Each responded 'Yes.' Moments after the jury had confirmed that it was 'hopelessly deadlocked' after 53 hours of deliberation - one of the most 'selfless courageous acts' Judge O'Neill said he had ever seen - Brian McMonagle asked for a mistrial. O'Neill granted it for Manifest Necessity. Montgomery County will retry Cosby on all three counts. Prosecutor Kevin Steele announced the decision as O'Neill released Cosby who remains charged and on bail in this county on three counts of aggravated sexual assault. There was an loud gasp from the court when Steele told the judge that the Commonwealth will retry Cosby - who did not react.

For the fashion-conscious WAG, swimwear really is a game of two halves. And with those troublesome paparazzi sure to be around, what choice does a girl have but to call on a teeny-weeny bikini - or 12? Coleen Rooney and her Manchester United star husband Wayne enjoyed a family vacation in Barbados before jetting off last week to Mykonos for a romantic break together without their tribe. And she made the most of her opportunities - sporting a different tiny outfit for every day of the week. Yet observers may have spotted a very cunning tactic, as she relied on her favourite and most flattering design in every possible colour. Coleen's definitely top of the beach league - in a remarkable choice of away kits...

An undercover investigation at Bupa care homes reveals shocking 'institutional abuse and neglect' towards dementia patients. Residents at Crawfords Walk home in Chester were given used incontinence pads and forced to have bed baths at 3.30am.An undercover reporter for Channel 4's Dispatches programme got a job at the home in Chester. The reporter, called Eilis, was disturbed to see a resident shouted at after filling her incontinence pad. A care assistant railed at the woman: 'You're full of c**p again. You're so naughty!' When the woman said she was sorry, the assistant replied: 'No, you're not sorry, because you know you're doing it!'

The captain (bottom left) of the stricken USS Fitzgerald was among those injured during the collision of the warship with a 29,000 ton cargo vessel as the US Navy said that up to seven missing sailors could be trapped in the mangled wreck. Rescuers are working to reach the compartments below deck as the destroyer is tugged back to port without its captain Bryce Benson, who has been 'transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and is reportedly in stable condition', according to a press statement from the US 7th Fleet. The Wisconsin native, who took command of the AEGIS-equipped vessel in May of 2016, was med-evacuated along with two other crew members from the ship after the collision with the the container vessel ACX Crystal and is in a stable condition. Meanwhile, the United States has refused to speculate on the shocking accident despite not having an official ambassador to Japan after Caroline Kennedy returned home and the Trump administration not announcing a replacement.

Dressed in full uniform, including a 2lb bearskin, one soldier fell forward out of his formation as temperatures soared to 28C (82F) in Central London. As the band marched towards his position, the guardsman collapsed to his knees before landing face down with his hands to his side. At least four other guardsmen at the event are believed to have fallen victims to the higher-than-average temperatures on Saturday.

Ollie Carroll, (pictured inset with Prince Harry and left with his mother Lucy) suffers from the rare neuro-degenerative disorder Batten disease. He and his sister Amelia (right with father Mike) have been taking part in a trial for a new enzyme-based treatment produced by Californian company BioMarin. But they and other children receiving the same treatment look set to become victims of the trial's success. The drug has now been licensed for use in America and Europe, meaning that Ollie, Amelia and other children receiving treatment are set to have it withdrawn. Their parents have now made a desperate plea for the NHS to step in and pay for the treatment, which costs £550,000 a year for each patient - far in excess of its £100,000-a-year ceiling for rare-disease drugs.

George Clooney's new estate on a private island in the Thames is something of a fortress but couples out boating managed to pierce the tight security by crashing into the boathouse. As the Hollywood star and his wife Amal, a prominent human rights lawyer, welcomed their new twins into their Sonning home this week, a undignified assault on the property happened on the shore just a few yards from the house. The scene had been an idyllic one. Just the burbling of the backwater, the buzzing of dragonflies and the occasional volley of laughter echoing across the water from the Clooney estate. But calm quickly turned to panic as a large motor yacht loomed into view and attempted to turn round in the narrow straight between Clooney's island and the river bank in the sleepy Oxfordshire village.

Even now, more than 50 years after his death, Sir Winston Churchill is often voted the greatest Briton ever. But anyone who goes to see this film expecting a sepia-tinted eulogy to flag-waving, cigars and those extraordinary speeches is in for quite a big shock.

Gajraj (main) is 75 years old. He was captured from the wild as a calf, beaten into submission, and has been chained in one spot at the Yami Devi Hindu temple in Aundh, Maharashtra, India, for nearly 58 years. Yesterday, Gajraj - his name means 'The king of elephants' - was finally free from his terrible sentence. Injured, partially blind, with foot abscesses, his tusks hacked off to protect the mahout handlers who abused him daily and frail from decades of poor food, lack of hydration or movement, he had been abandoned to die, still chained by all four legs. Pictured right: Gajraj being held back by a crowd, top, entering a truck, middle, and being driven away, bottom.

The battlefields through France and into Belgium were featureless wastelands. Villages were obliterated and woods stripped back to charred trunks. At home, popular enthusiasm for the struggle had long since waned. Yet the British Army did not lack humour or morale - as can be seen in this remarkable new account, a series of rarely seen and never before published words and pictures recorded by the soldier themselves, even though cameras had been forbidden by the Army since 1914. Pictured, clockwise from top left: soldiers in a trench, recruits in gas masks, a tank advancing and a unit firing a machine gun.

Fire crews were battling the huge gorse fire along the seafront, after residents reported a cloud of bright yellow smoke engulf the bottom of the cliff by the beach huts. Firefighters were called shortly after 3.30pm today, with four pumps and the aerial ladder platform dispatched to deal with a tricky location. A spokesman for Dorset Police said: 'Dorset Police is currently assisting the fire service following a fire along the cliffs on Undercliff Drive in Bournemouth.

The woman was sitting in a doorway on Kirkgate when she began abusing the man in the early hours of yesterday morning. Her victim, a 21-year-old who does not want to be named, took out his phone to record her slurs. The victim said he was walking down Kirkgate after breaking fast for Ramadan when the woman began her unprovoked tirade of abuse. The woman, who even appeared to be on the phone at the time, yelled: 'Do you wanna know why I'm being racist? In my own country? Because it's your race that's blowing up our f***ing nation.' The aggressive abuse continues as she screams: 'What are you going to do? I'll s*** in your face you P*** b******.' He said: 'I was minding my own business. She just started having a go at me. I asked her what her problem was and she just carried on.

Artist Grayson Perry rejected his mother's dying wish for a reconciliation after a decade-long feud, his stepfather has claimed. Jean Dines became estranged from her son following the publication of Grayson's 2006 memoirs in which he gave a dismal account of his childhood and accused her of emotional neglect. And now it has been claimed the feud went with her to the grave.'She phoned him a month or so before she died but he said 'I don't want to speak to you', put the phone down on her and promptly changed his number,' claimed Mr Dines. 'What kind of son does that to his mother? As far as I can tell, he's a good artist but he's a lousy human being.'

Georgie Spurling, 23, (pictured) from London, was travelling from San Jose, Costa Rica, with her client Adela King, a cast member of reality show Ladies of London. But when the pair boarded their Iberia flight, Georgie says the supervisor walked on to tell her she was not allowed to fly. Georgie told MailOnline: 'I have a medical condition which means my oxygen is a bit lower. It just means I should have an aisle seat. 'It's not dangerous, I've flown around the world and have never had a problem.' The blogger and personal trainer has to fill out forms which are signed by her GP detailing her condition and confirming she is fit to fly. She said: 'We were just about to take off and the Iberia supervisor came down to me and said: 'You. You need to get off the plane.' 'He said: 'You have got a medical condition, you need to get off the plane.' I showed him my forms from the doctor. 'It's just a precaution in case I need some oxygen. He was the most aggressive man I have ever come across. 'I said: 'I'm on the flight, I just want to get home.'

Beauty pageant organisers have been told they are no longer welcome to host Miss Newcastle at the Civic Centre. Councillor Kim McGuinness (pictured left) said that the event was 'sexist and antiquated.' Newcastle City Council said the event does not 'represent the values' of the authority. Miss Newcastle in its current form celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Civic Centre on June 2. The event - which has raised thousands of pounds for charity - saw 20 girls aged between 16 and 23 compete for the crown and guarantee qualification for Miss England. Organisers Tyne Tees Models chose a Hollywood theme but Playboy Bunny outfits, combined with a swimsuit round, drew criticism. Bosses say they had already made their decision to hand over the pageant's reins after this year's event and new organisers had already said they would not be returning to the publicly-owned building.

Squadron Leader Roger Bushell - a Cambridge-educated barrister from South Africa - was just 33 when he was murdered in Germany after his escape from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. A French air force fly-by is promised for the ceremony to commemorate his death, while a plaque paid for by donations - including from a group associated with the hero's RAF Squadron 92 - will also be erected.

Kylie Bamberger (pictured), of Oak Park, California, was diagnosed with the condition when she was 12 years old. The autoimmune disorder, which affects 6.8 million Americans, causes people to lose hair on their head, face, and, in some cases, other parts of the body. In the past, Bamberger , who is now 27, concealed the condition with wigs. But they weren't comfortable to wear, so she stopped sporting them more than a decade ago-and had no intention to try them again to walk down the aisle. So on her wedding day, Bamberger proudly rocked her bald head, with a lovely white headband on which she attached a veil.

We all have tough days sometimes. And for Ruto the cat, life's greatest challenge came in the shape of a door that separated her from a much-loved toy. In a hilarious video shared to the feline's very own Instagram page, an unbearable 30 seconds go by without the cat realising she could simply walk around the door to reach her toy in Gothenburg, Sweden. The caption to the clip, shared to the page by Ruto's owner, Frida Simonsson, said: 'Me trying to reach my life goals.'