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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Search under way for girl, 11, who fell into Thames in east London

Boats searching for the girl on the River Thames.
The Metropolitan police were called to reports the child had entered the Thames near London City airport. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright

A search was under way to find an 11-year-old girl after she fell into the River Thames in east London.

Metropolitan police officers were called to reports that the child went into the river close to Bargehouse Causeway, near London City airport, at about 1.15pm on Monday. Emergency services launched a “large-scale response” to the incident, the force said, but the search was later scaled down.

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