Boy, six, dies after falling from upper floor of east London apartment block

Floral tribute left near to the scene in Plaistow (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

A six-year-old boy has died after falling from the upper floor of an apartment block in east London.

The child is said to have fallen from the 15th floor of Jacob’s House on New City Road, Plaistow, shortly before 6am on Thursday.