A woman has died after a crane collapsed on to two terraced houses in east London.

London fire brigade said she had been found on the first floor of one of the houses in Bow and had been confirmed dead at the scene. Crews had been searching the houses as part of a complex rescue operation after the 20-metre-high crane fell at 2.39pm on 7 July.

London ambulance service said another four people had been treated at the scene in Gale Street, two of whom had been taken to hospital with head injuries
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