Buried for five years under an inch of sand on the shores of River Thames, this iPad would lead to the downfall of a gang who carried out a £2.8m heist before becoming hitmen.
The village of Datchet is perched on the lush banks of the River Thames. On the opposite side, a little over a mile away as the crow flies, you can see Windsor Castle.
Never has David Blaine, who turns 52 today, held the British imagination more firmly in thrall than when he spent 44 days suspended above the River Thames inside a perpex box in 2003.
The girl, from Beckton, was on an inset day when she was reportedly down at the river near Woolwich yesterday where she slipped and fell into the strong current.
Plans for a £9 billion road that would pass beneath the River Thames, linking Kent and Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel, have been formally approved by the transport secretary Heidi Alexander.