Police name girl killed by falling tree

Police have named the seven-year-old girl who died after a tree collapsed on her in a park as Leonna Ruka.

Leonna, from Dagenham in east London, was visiting Southend-on-Sea with family.

Emergency services were called to Chalkwell Park shortly before 15:00 BST, but Leonna died in hospital.

Her family described her as as "the light in their lives". A six-year-old girl remains seriously ill in hospital.

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