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British woman Madalyn Davis dies in Sydney cliff fall | British woman Madalyn Davis dies in Sydney cliff fall |
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A British woman has died falling from a cliff in Australia. | |
Madalyn Davis, 21, was fatally injured at Diamond Bay, Sydney, on Sunday. Emergency crews were alerted by a group of people who could not find her after taking photos there. | |
Signs warn tourists to stay away from the cliff edge and the local mayor said the height of fences in the area had been increased. | |
Ms Davis, from Lincolnshire, had been in Australia for a number of weeks. | Ms Davis, from Lincolnshire, had been in Australia for a number of weeks. |
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 06:30 local time, following reports she had fallen off the cliff, in the eastern suburbs of the city. | |
Her body was retrieved from the water about four hours later. | |
In a tweet posted on Saturday night, Marine Rescue North South Wales said: "Emergency services were alerted after a group of people taking photos inside the fence early this morning regathered and could not find the woman." | |
The warning signs posted by the local authority, Waverley Council, urge people to stay away from the cliff edge. | |
Speaking to Reuters news agency, mayor of Waverley Paula Masselos said: "We're actually working closely with the police on this at the moment. | |
"We've already increased the height of our fences, we've added additional multilingual signage." | "We've already increased the height of our fences, we've added additional multilingual signage." |
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In a statement, the FCO said: "Staff at the British Consulate in Sydney are in contact with local authorities following the death of a British woman." | |
According to her social media channels on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, Ms Davis, from Lincoln, was a beautician specialising in eyelashes and had been travelling in Thailand and Bali before heading out to Australia. | According to her social media channels on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, Ms Davis, from Lincoln, was a beautician specialising in eyelashes and had been travelling in Thailand and Bali before heading out to Australia. |
She had been posting photos online of her work and travels. | She had been posting photos online of her work and travels. |