Witnesses describe how Nathan Lane dived into the River Thames to save a young girl, and then got into trouble himself.

A group of teenagers are praised for trying to help him, and his brother tells of Mr Lane's heroics as a child.

Friends and family pay their tributes with flowers and messages near the spot where Mr Lane was last seen, as well as online.

In other news, there's the latest on the decision to build another Thames crossing, a woman is sentenced for killing a grandmother in Bluewater car park, and an elderly man is jailed for abusing young boys.

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