27/07/2014 South Today


27/07/2014

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They've stood for 42 years as landmarks towering over

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the Oxfordshire landscape, but it took just seconds to demolish

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three cooling towers on the site of the now`closed Didcot coal`fired

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The towers were brought down by 400 lbs of explosives

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Hundreds of people spent the night on hills around the site watching.

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They had been a prominent part of the South Oxfordshire landscape

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And with a thundering blast, three giant towers came crashing

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More than 1000 spectators gathered before dawn here at Wittenham Clumps

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Many had stayed up all night for their chance to capture this

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I remember that site before they built the station, my first job

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was on that power station so I had to be here to see it come down.

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It was worth waiting for, it just happened so quickly.

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I have been up here since midnight, really good atmosphere with

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everybody, I am quite sad to see it go.

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More than 3000 people signed a petition calling for

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Npower which owns the site insisted for safety reasons

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I think it went very well, no safety incidents, we have had

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feedback from the demolition contractor to say it went fine.

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There does not seem to be too much dust on the railway line,

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that was one of the concerns that we had, so yes, very pleased.

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It is the end of an era, the final three cooling towers are

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Npower says the whole site will be cleared

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by 2016, making way for developers to build new homes and businesses.

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And if you want to see those pictures again, you can find them

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A motorcyclist and a pedestrian have been killed in an accident

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The police say the motorcyclist, a 23`year`old man, collided with

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the pedestrian, a woman aged 63, near Chafey's roundabout at around

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The woman's dog also died in the accident.

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An air`sea rescue operation was launched last night

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after a woman was swept out to sea, having apparently gone

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for a late`night swim off the West Sussex coast near Rustington.

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The Solent Coastguard helicopter used its searchlight to locate

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She was brought ashore just before two o'clock this morning

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by one of the two Littlehampton inshore lifeboats deployed

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After being given first aid, the exhausted woman was taken to

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Hundreds of passengers had to wait hours for their luggage following

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Many travellers were told to leave without their luggage

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Gatwick Airport said the delays were caused

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by "resourcing issues" involving baggage handlers at Swissport.

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Onto sport, and the Oxford`born clay pigeon

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shooter Matt French has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in

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French was desperately unlucky in the final round at Carnoustie ` he

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missed just one of his 30 targets, but his England rival, Steve Scott,

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didn't miss any, recording a perfect 30 out of 30 to take the gold medal.

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99 Thames out a hundred Mathew Shuter 29 win but you cannot beat a

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man who does not mess and he was amazing and that final. I am pleased

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with that. When you trying to think and hoping that he would miss one?

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The strange being in this situation. We have been and the situation

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countless times. To do it on the big stage, it is nice that we could both

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put on a good show. If anyone makes to come. The showers

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will clear away and be well see dire conditions coming into play.

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Tomorrow, you will notice the change. We have the winds from the

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North West, it should be a dry day with spells of sunshine.

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Temperatures will get down to four or five Celsius. What we would

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expect for this time of year. Highs of 23 or 24 degrees.

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I will be back at 10:25pm. Have a good evening.

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Topped temperatures down 5 degrees on yesterday and much lower humidity

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so the second part of the weekend has been much more comfortable. The

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coming few days, if we get sunshine it will be pleasantly warm. It's not

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a completely

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