‘Large-scale’ emergency response launched but later scaled down, while girl’s next of kin given support

A search is under way to find an 11-year-old girl after she fell into the River Thames in east London, police have said.

Metropolitan police officers were called to reports that the child had entered 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.