Family of John Shaw informed as final body is recovered. Thames Valley Police believes it has located the last missing man from Didcot power station today. The family of John Shaw, who is still missing at the site, has been informed as have the families of the other men who had been missing and all…Read moreRead more
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Breaking News – Final Didcot man found…
Breaking News – Second Didcot body identified…
Body recovered from Didcot power station identified as Ken Cresswell. The body of a man found in the collapsed wreckage of Didcot Power Station has been identified as that of Ken Cresswell, police said. Cresswell, 57, from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, died after the boiler house at the defunct plant partially collapsed in February. Thames…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Second body found at Didcot…
Families informed as second body is located amidst rubble. Police believe they have found a second body under the rubble at Didcot Power Station. Tonight, Thames Valley Police announced the families of the remaining two missing men, Ken Cresswell and John Shaw, had been informed a body had been located. Contractors Brown and Mason have…Read moreRead more
Video – How not to contain debris…
Film captures moment debris falls into street. On the face of it, everything is in order. The street appears to be closed; the site hoarding is in place; and they have even gone to the trouble of hanging a protective curtain from a mobile crane to keep falling debris under control. The excavator operator, however,…Read moreRead more
Didcot body identified…
Search continuas as remains of Chris Huxtable are formally identified. A body found in the ruins of a collapsed building at Didcot Power Station has been identified. Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, had been missing since the collapse in February. His body was found on Wednesday and workers who carried out the search formed a…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Body found in Didcot rubble…
Families informed as body is recovered six months after fateful collapse. The BBC is reporting that a body has been found at the former Didcot Power Station six months after the collapse of its boiler house. Three men – Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, from Rotherham, and Chris Huxtable, 34, from Swansea –…Read moreRead more
DemolitionNews founder injured in demolition accident…
Warning – Contains graphic images of facial injury. DemolitionNews founder Mark Anthony has been injured in a demolition accident. He was hit in the face by a brick whilst filming a high reach demolition operation in Cheltenham. The impact fractured his eye socket, cheekbone and the roof of his mouth and has left him with…Read moreRead more
Canadian company fined…
Prosecution after worker struck by excavator bucket. Sean Teperman Consulting Corp., a family-owned construction company that specializes in demolition services in the construction industry, pleaded guilty and has been fined $50,000 after a worker suffered a critical injury. On April 10, 2014 the company was engaged in the demolition of a building located at 282…Read moreRead more
Date set for Didcot blast…
Remnants of collapsed boiler house to fall on Sunday. The final section of the collapsed Didcot Power Station will be demolished in the early hours of Sunday. Four men died when the plant partially collapsed in February. One man’s body has been recovered, but the remaining three have yet to be found. Safety concerns have…Read moreRead more
Didcot blast to take place in next two weeks…
Power station disaster denouement now imminent. The owners of Didcot Power Station have confirmed they will blast the remaining half of the boiler house in the next two weeks. A letter was sent out to residents yesterday warning them of the immanent controlled explosion. The announcement comes after RWE said in June it was necessary…Read moreRead more
