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Style icon, one of Vogue’s most prolific cover stars, Queen of Cool – Kate Moss has been one of the world’s most ubiquitous supermodels ever since she was famously scouted at New York’s JKF Airport at the age of 14.

She was the woman responsible for the skinny jeans that dominated young women’s wardrobes in the noughties, for the queues outside London’s “Big Topshop” (RIP) thanks to her coveted collaboration with the high street chain, and for single-handedly catapulting bare legs and muddy wellies back into the upper echelons of festival fashion.

Now, as Kate Moss celebrates her 50th birthday on 16 January, what better way to mark the cultural impact of one of the most photographed women in the world than with a look-back at her life in pictures.

Britain's supermodels Kate Moss (L) and Naomi Campbell hold hands and chat during the London fashion award ceremony October 19. The award of British Designer of the Year went to designer John Rocha
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Moss became BFFs with fellow British star Naomi Campbell, turning the so-called ‘Big Five’ most bankable supermodels of the era into the ‘Big Six’. Here they are pictured at the London Fashion Awards in 1993

Johnny Depp and Kate Moss pictured in New York in 1994. Pic: John Barrett/MediaPunch/IPX
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The model’s relationship with Hollywood star Johnny Depp in the 1990s kickstarted the world’s fascination with her love life. Pic: John Barrett/MediaPunch/IPX

Supermodel Kate Moss models a dress from the collection by Stella McCartney, a student at Central St. Martins School of Art June 12. McCartney, the daughter of pop-stars -Paul and -Linda McCartney, presented a collection at the Business Design Centre as part of her BA degree in fashion
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When Stella McCartney was a fashion student at Central St Martin’s, having a friend who happened to be one of the most famous models in the world must have helped when it came to presenting her degree collection

Supermodel Kate Moss (R) is surrounded by photographers outside Calvin Klein's first dedicated designer store for Hong Kong September 5. Moss, who models regularly for the designer and features in most of the company's advertising campaigns, flew in especially to mark the occasion.
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Moss became famous for modelling for Calvin Klein, most notably with the now Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg – known to most as ‘Marky Mark’ (of Funky Bunch fame) back then. Here she is surrounded by paps at the opening of a Calvin Klein store

British super model Kate Moss speaks from the podium during the 1996 VH-1 fashion awards in New York City October 24. Moss received an award (front) for Female Model of the Year award.
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Moss was named female model of the year at the 1996 VH-1 fashion awards. She had become known for her slight frame, dubbed ‘heroin chic’, in comparison with the taller, more curvaceous supers of the time such as Claudia Schiffer and Elle Macpherson


British supermodel Kate Moss poses for photographers on the steps of the British Museum, to launch London fashion week September 25. Designers from around the world will be presenting their collections for spring and summer 1998 on 55 catwalk shows and numerous exhibition stands.
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1997 was peak Cool Britannia thanks to Tony Blair’s landslide general election win. First we had Geri Halliwell in her Brits Union Jack tea-towel dress, then Moss served her own tribute to launch London Fashion Week. Things could only get better…

British models Kate Moss (L) and Jade Jagger wait to walk down the catwalk wearing clothes by designer Matthew Williamson, September 26. The show was the first by Williamson at London Fashion Week, and Moss and Jagger waived their modelling fees in return for being allowed to keep the clothes they were wearing. BRITAIN FASHION
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Sitting with fellow model Jade Jagger, Moss is pictured waiting to walk down the catwalk for Matthew Williamson – the pair reportedly waived their fees in order to keep their outfits…

Italian designer Donatella Versace (C) acknowledges the applause with supermodel Naomi Campbell (L) and Kate Moss at the end of Gianni Versace's collection at the Spring/Summer 99 fashion show in Milan in 1998
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Another day, another catwalk: A pink-haired Moss joined forces with Campbell once again for Italian designer Donatella Versace (centre), for Gianni Versace’s Spring/Summer 99 collection show in Milan in 1998

Models Kate Moss (L) and Claudia Schiffer (R) pictured at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998
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On the red carpet with fellow super Claudia Schiffer at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998

Designer Julien MacDonald is joined by models Kate Moss (left) and Scary Spice Mel B after a catwalk show as part of London Fashion Week, at the Camden Roundhouse
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Another catwalk, this time for designer Julien MacDonald (centre), walking with stars including Scary Spice Mel B at Camden Roundhouse as part of London Fashion Week in 1999. Spoiler alert: more catwalk pics to come

Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace (centre) alongside British models Kate Moss (left) and Naomi Campbell in 1999
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Another Moss/ Versace/ Campbell reunion in 1999

British supermodel Kate Moss wears an evening dress as part of Gucci Spring/Summer ready-to-wear women's collection 2001 in Milan October 3, 2000. The Milan fashion shows will run until October 6.
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As well as her outfits and relationships, the world has also been obsessed with Moss’s hair. Here she is pulling off a much shorter, more severe do on a Gucci catwalk in Milan in 2000

Model Naomi Campbell, former South African president Nelson Mandela, and behind (L-R) models Erin O'Connor, Kate Moss and Elle Macpherson pictured ahead of a media conference in Barcelona June 30, 2001
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Then came the elfin crop, debuted here alongside former South African president Nelson Mandela and behind fellow supers Naomi Campbell, Erin O’Connor and Elle Macpherson in 2001

British model Kate Moss wears clothes from Sadie Frost and Jemima French who design under the label Frostfrench during their show in the Duke of York Theatre on the first day of London Fashion Week, February 17, 2002
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Moss modelled for pal Sadie Frost for FrostFrench, the label created by Frost and Jemima French, during London Fashion Week in 2002. At this time, she was pregnant with Lila Grace, her daughter with her ex Jefferson Hack, a journalist

British supermodel Kate Moss walks through the Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, June 28, 2003. Around 150,000 people are expected to attend the three-day music event, famed for its mud, drugs, and mad antics. REUTERS/Toby Melville TM/MD
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You could create a gallery dedicated to Moss’s Glastonbury looks alone. Here she is looking effortlessly cool in what appears to be her first photographed attendance in 2003

Britain's Queen Elizabeth (C) talks to British model Kate Moss (L), author J K Rowling (2L), landmine campaigner Heather Mills-McCartney (2R) and singer Charlotte Church (R) at a reception for women achievers at Buckingham Palace in London, March 11, 2004. REUTERS/POOL/Kent Gavin PP04030052 ASA/JV
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The Queen of Fashion matches the actual Queen in royal blue, at a reception for women achievers held at Buckingham Palace in 2004. Also pictured but not matching the Queen are JK Rowling, Heather Mills and Charlotte Church

A man hangs a portrait of Kate Moss by artist Sam Taylor Wood at Christie's auction house in London in May 2005. President and founder of Jimmy Choo shoes, Tamara Mellon, unveiled a series of nude portraits of women including Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham wearing nothing but Jimmy Choo shoes and Cartier jewellery, to raise money for the Elton John Aids Foundation
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Immortalised by artist Sam Taylor Wood in Jimmy Choos and Cartier jewellery only. This was one of a series of nude portraits – also including Victoria Beckham – auctioned at Christie’s to raise funds for the Elton John Aids Foundation

Kate Moss and Pete Doherty at Glastonbury, June 2005. Pic: Anna Barclay/Shutterstock
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Glastonbury has hosted headliners from Elton John to Beyonce – but this from 2005, of Moss in a gold mini-dress and wellies, with then boyfriend Pete Doherty, will always be one of the festival’s most famous images. Pic: Anna Barclay/Shutterstock

Man waits at a bus stop in front of an advertising poster featuring British supermodel Kate Moss in central London REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Moss has been the face of many brands over the years, including Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle. See also: Calvin Klein, Rimmel – get the London look – and even Diet Coke

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen at the end of his Spring/Summer 2006 collection in Paris, Oct 7 2005. His shirt logo refers to Kate Moss after photos her apparently snorting cocaine in a London music studio were published in the Daily Mirror. Soon after she lost contracts with H&M, Burberry and Chanel. Pic: AP/Remy de la Mauviniere
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In 2005, she was dropped by some brands after photos of her apparently taking cocaine were published in the Daily Mirror. Designer Alexander McQueen came out in support of the model with this T-shirt at one of his catwalk shows a few weeks later

A holographic image of Kate Moss floats in yards of rippling fabric at the presentation of the Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2006/2007 ready-to-wear collection in Paris March 3, 2006. British designer McQueen had an image of the supermodel emerge out of smoke in a holographic installation at his ready-to-wear show on Friday, paying tribute to Moss, who lost advertising contracts after a cocaine scandal last year. Picture taken March 3, 2006. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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In recent years, several stars who have died have been brought back to life through holograms. Kate Moss, though, is a woman so famous she gets one while she is alive – this was at an Alexander McQueen show in Paris in 2006

Model Kate Moss arrives at the Unique fashion show by Topshop in London September 17, 2006. One of the main backers of London Fashion Week on Sunday rejected British government calls for a ban on wafer-thin models as the fashion industry faced a furore over its catwalks. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs (BRITAIN)
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Moss pictured at the Unique fashion show by Topshop in London in September 2006. We smell a collab coming on…

An woman looks at "Marilyn 29" (L) by artist Andy Warhol and "Kate Moss (Black)" and "Kate Moss (Yellow)" by Banksy, part of the exhibition Warhol vs Banksy at The Hospital in Covent Garden, London, August 9, 2007. It is the first joint exhibition of the two artists and runs until September 1, 2007. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)
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Moss has been the subject of many works of art over the years, including by Banksy – who immortalised the model Andy Warhol-style

Model Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie Hince leave after his band The Kills played at the Glastonbury Festival 2008 in Somerset in southwest England June 27, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)
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After her split with Doherty, Moss went on to date Jamie Hince of The Kills. Here they are pictured after the band’s performance at Glastonbury in 2008

British model Kate Moss arrives with Jaime Winstone to watch her boyfriend Jamie Hince play with the The Kills on stage at Glastonbury Music Festival, Glastonbury, England, Saturday, June 25, 2011. More than 170,000 ticket-holders have arrived at Worthy Farm for the 41st festival. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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More Glastonbury, this time pictured with burglar-inspired onesie-wearer Jaime Winstone in 2011, when The Kills were playing once again

Model Kate Moss accepts the British Male Solo Artist award on behalf of David Bowie as musician Noel Gallagher looks on at the BRIT Awards in 2014
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In 2014, Moss accepted a Brit award on behalf of her friend David Bowie, with the prize presented by Noel Gallagher. The singer wanted someone who could pull off his famous Ziggy Stardust playsuit – there could only be one choice

Models Cara Delevingne (L) and Kate Moss arrive to attend the presentation of the Burberry Spring/Summer 2015 collection during London Fashion Week September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: FASHION ENTERTAINMENT)
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Moss, an icon of British modelling, pictured with the then up-and-coming Cara Delevingne at the presentation of a Burberry Spring/Summer collection in 2014. Delevingne later credited Moss with helping her at the start of her career

A costume worn by model Kate Moss for the 2013 photograph "Body Armour" is displayed next to a copy of the image at a press viewing of the artist's exhibition "Allen Jones RA" at the Royal Academy of Arts in London November 11, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
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Another iconic look – this one is a costume worn by Moss for the 2013 photograph Body Armour, by pop artist Allen Jones, displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2014

Kate Moss during the filming of a music video for 'The Wonder Of You: Elvis Presley and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra'
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The model channelled the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll when she starred in a specially filmed music video for The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley, wearing four of his most famous looks – including the black leather suit from his 1968 Comeback Special

Stella McCartney (L) and Kate Moss arrive for the world premiere of "Absolutely Fabulous" at Leicester Square in London, Britain June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Paul Hackett
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Moss has starred as herself in several TV shows and films, most notably the big screen debut of Absolutely Fabulous in 2016. She reportedly performed her own stunts, falling off a wall into the Thames. Pal Stella McCartney also co-starred as herself

A bust of Kate Moss in solid 18-carat gold by Marc Quinn on show as part of the forthcoming Midas Touch auction, dedicated entirely to gold, Sotheby's, London
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Another Moss artwork, this one a solid 18-carat gold bust by Marc Quinn which was shown as part of the Midas Touch auction, dedicated entirely to gold, at Sotheby’s in London in 2018

Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala - Met Gala - Camp: Notes on Fashion - Arrivals - New York City, U.S. - May 6, 2019 - Rita Ora, Marc Jacobs, and Kate Moss. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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Another pic with friend Rita Ora, this one at the Met Gala with designer Marc Jacobs in 2019. The theme? Camp: Notes on Fashion

Kate Moss and Patsy Kensit take part in a parade during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, marking the end of the celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, June 5, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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With open-top buses representing different decades touring London for the Queen’s Jubilee in 2022, it was Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell leading the 1990s party bus that we all wanted to see (apologies to Sir Cliff and Gary Lineker)

Kate Moss, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker attend the Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2022 collection presentation at the Skyline Drive-In during New York Fashion Week in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., September 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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Kate Moss was enlisted to model for Kim Kardashian’s Skims in 2021. Sadly, Sky News’ Moss 50th pic budget doesn’t stretch to those images, so here she is keeping up with Kourtney Kardashian and husband Travis Barker at New York Fashion Week in 2022

Kate Moss, right, and Nikolai von Bismarck arrive for the Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2023 fashion collection presented Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 in Paris. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
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Moss has been in a relationship with Count Nikolai von Bismarck for several years. Here, they are pictured at a Saint Laurent show in Paris in 2022. Pic: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

Lila Grace Moss and Kate Moss at the Met Gala in 2023. Pic: DPRF/STAR MAX/IPx/AP
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Imagine having a mum who takes you to the Met Gala? Pic: DPRF/STAR MAX/IPx/AP

Pic: Tim Walker / British Vogue
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And makes you her Vogue wing-woman? Pic: Tim Walker/British Vogue

Kate Moss attends The Albies hosted by the Clooney Foundation for Justice at the New York Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Happy birthday, Kate Moss! Thanks for your service. Pic: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP


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Heathrow bosses ‘warned about substation’ days before major power outage, MP committee hears

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Heathrow bosses 'warned about substation' days before major power outage, MP committee hears

Heathrow Airport bosses had been warned of a potential substation failures less than a week before a major power outage closed the airport for a day, a committee of MPs has heard.

The chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators’ Committee Nigel Wicking told MPs of the Transport Committee he raised issues about resilience on 15 March after cable and wiring took out lights on a runway.

A fire at an electricity substation in west London meant the power supply was disrupted to Europe’s largest airport for a day – causing travel chaos for around 200,000 passengers.

“I’d actually warned Heathrow of concerns that we had with regard to the substations and my concern was resilience”, Mr Wicking said.

“So the first occasion was to team Heathrow director on the 15th of the month of March. And then I also spoke to the chief operating officer and chief customer officer two days before regarding this concern.

“And it was following a number of, a couple of incidents of, unfortunately, theft, of wire and cable around some of the power supply that on one of those occasions, took out the lights on the runway for a period of time. That obviously made me concerned.”

Mr Wicking also said he believed Heathrow’s Terminal 5 could have been ready to receive repatriation flights by “late morning” on the day of the closure, and that “there was opportunity also to get flights out”.

However, Heathrow chief executive Thomas Woldbye said keeping the airport open during last month’s power outage would have been “disastrous”.

There was a risk of having “literally tens of thousands of people stranded in the airport, where we have nowhere to put them”, Mr Woldbye said.

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Zhenhao Zou: More than 20 new potential victims come forward after ‘prolific’ rapist jailed for assaulting 10 women

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Another 23 female potential victims have reported that they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou – the Chinese PhD student detectives believe may be one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders.

The Metropolitan Police launched an international appeal after Zou, 28, was convicted of drugging and raping 10 women following a trial at the Inner London Crown Court last month.

Detectives have not confirmed whether the 23 people who have come forward add to their estimates that more than 50 other women worldwide may have been targeted by the University College London student.

Metropolitan Police commander Kevin Southworth said: “We have victims reaching out to us from different parts of the globe.

“At the moment, the primary places where we believe offending may have occurred at this time appears to be both in England, here in London, and over in China.”

Metropolitan Police commander Kevin Southworth
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Metropolitan Police commander Kevin Southworth

Zou lived in a student flat in Woburn Place, near Russell Square in central London, and later in a flat in the Uncle building in Churchyard Row in Elephant and Castle, south London.

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He had also been a student at Queen’s University Belfast, where he studied mechanical engineering from 2017 until 2019. Police say they have not had any reports from Belfast but added they were “open-minded about that”.

“Given how active and prolific Zou appears to have been with his awful offending, there is every prospect that he could have offended anywhere in the world,” Mr Southworth said.

“We wouldn’t want anyone to write off the fact they may have been a victim of his behaviour simply by virtue of the fact that you are from a certain place.

“The bottom line is, if you think you may have been affected by Zhenhao Zou or someone you know may have been, please don’t hold back. Please make contact with us.”

***ONLY USE IF HE IS CONVICTED OF AT LEAST TWO RAPES***It is feared Zou may have carried out dozens more sex crimes. Pic: Met Police
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Zou used hidden or handheld cameras to record his attacks, and kept the footage and often the women’s belongings as souvenirs.

He targeted young, Chinese women, inviting them to his flat for drinks or to study, before drugging and assaulting them.

Zou was convicted of 11 counts of rape, with two of the offences relating to one victim, as well as three counts of voyeurism, 10 counts of possession of an extreme pornographic image, one count of false imprisonment and three counts of possession of a controlled drug with intent to commit a sexual offence, namely butanediol.

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Mr Southworth said: “Of those 10 victims, several were not identified so as we could be sure exactly where in the world they were, but their cases, nevertheless, were sufficient to see convictions at court.

“There were also, at the time, 50 videos that were identified of further potential female victims of Zhenhao Zou’s awful crimes.

“We are still working to identify all of those women in those videos.

“We have now, thankfully, had 23 victim survivors come forward through the appeal that we’ve conducted, some of whom may be identical with some of the females that we saw in those videos, some of whom may even turn out to be from the original indicted cases.”

Mr Southworth added: “Ultimately, now it’s the investigation team’s job to professionally pick our way through those individual pieces of evidence, those individual victims’ stories, to see if we can identify who may have been a victim, when and where, so then we can bring Zou to justice for the full extent of his crimes.”

Mr Southworth said more resources will be put into the investigation, and that detectives are looking to understand “what may have happened without wishing to revisit the trauma, but in a way that enables [the potential victims] to give evidence in the best possible way.”

The Metropolitan Police is appealing to anyone who thinks they may have been targeted by Zou to contact the force either by emailing survivors@met.police.uk, or via the major incident public portal on the force’s website.

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An 11-year-old girl who went missing after entering the River Thames has been named as Kaliyah Coa.

An “extensive search” has been carried out after the incident in east London at around 1.30pm on Monday.

Police said the child had been playing during a school inset day and entered the water near Barge House Causeway, North Woolwich.

A recovery mission is now said to be under way to find Kaliyah along the Thames, with the Metropolitan Police carrying out an extensive examination of the area.

Location of Barge House Causeway, North Woolwich, where 11-year-old girl Kaliyah Coa went into the River Thames on 31/03
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Barge House Causeway is a concrete slope in North Woolwich leading into the Thames

Chief Superintendent Dan Card thanked members of the public and emergency teams who responded to “carry out a large-scale search during a highly pressurised and distressing time”.

He also confirmed drone technology and boats were being used to “conduct a thorough search over a wide area”.

He added: “Our specialist officers are supporting Kaliyah’s family through this deeply upsetting time and our thoughts go out to all those impacted by what has happened.”

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“Equally we appreciate this has affected the wider community who have been extremely supportive. You will see extra officers in the area during the coming days.”

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On Monday, Kerry Benadjaoud, a 62-year-old resident from the area, said she heard of the incident from her next-door neighbour, who “was outside doing her garden and there was two little kids running, and they said ‘my friend’s in the water'”.

When she arrived at the scene with a life ring, a man told her he had called the police, “but he said at the time he could see her hands going down”.

Barge House Causeway is a concrete slope that goes directly into the River Thames and is used to transport boats.

Residents pointed out that it appeared to be covered in moss and was slippery.

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