Woman arrested after eight-year-old girl dies in Portsmouth balcony fall

Suspect, 43, held over child neglect after girl believed to have fallen from sixth-floor flat

An eight-year-old girl has died after apparently falling from a balcony in a tower block in Portsmouth.

A 43-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect and was being questioned by police about the fall at Pickwick House, to which police and paramedics were called at 6.50pm on Thursday. About a dozen police cars were seen parked outside the 11-storey block of flats and a wide cordon was in place.