:00:15. > :00:18.They've stood for 42 years as landmarks towering over
:00:19. > :00:20.the Oxfordshire landscape, but it took just seconds to demolish
:00:21. > :00:24.three cooling towers on the site of the now`closed Didcot coal`fired
:00:25. > :00:29.The towers were brought down by 400 lbs of explosives
:00:30. > :00:34.Hundreds of people spent the night on hills around the site watching.
:00:35. > :00:42.They had been a prominent part of the South Oxfordshire landscape
:00:43. > :00:50.And with a thundering blast, three giant towers came crashing
:00:51. > :01:00.More than 1000 spectators gathered before dawn here at Wittenham Clumps
:01:01. > :01:05.Many had stayed up all night for their chance to capture this
:01:06. > :01:12.I remember that site before they built the station, my first job
:01:13. > :01:16.was on that power station so I had to be here to see it come down.
:01:17. > :01:19.It was worth waiting for, it just happened so quickly.
:01:20. > :01:25.I have been up here since midnight, really good atmosphere with
:01:26. > :01:27.everybody, I am quite sad to see it go.
:01:28. > :01:29.More than 3000 people signed a petition calling for
:01:30. > :01:35.Npower which owns the site insisted for safety reasons
:01:36. > :01:41.I think it went very well, no safety incidents, we have had
:01:42. > :01:46.feedback from the demolition contractor to say it went fine.
:01:47. > :01:49.There does not seem to be too much dust on the railway line,
:01:50. > :01:54.that was one of the concerns that we had, so yes, very pleased.
:01:55. > :01:57.It is the end of an era, the final three cooling towers are
:01:58. > :02:00.Npower says the whole site will be cleared
:02:01. > :02:03.by 2016, making way for developers to build new homes and businesses.
:02:04. > :02:14.And if you want to see those pictures again, you can find them
:02:15. > :02:20.A motorcyclist and a pedestrian have been killed in an accident
:02:21. > :02:24.The police say the motorcyclist, a 23`year`old man, collided with
:02:25. > :02:26.the pedestrian, a woman aged 63, near Chafey's roundabout at around
:02:27. > :02:37.The woman's dog also died in the accident.
:02:38. > :02:39.An air`sea rescue operation was launched last night
:02:40. > :02:42.after a woman was swept out to sea, having apparently gone
:02:43. > :02:45.for a late`night swim off the West Sussex coast near Rustington.
:02:46. > :02:48.The Solent Coastguard helicopter used its searchlight to locate
:02:49. > :02:54.She was brought ashore just before two o'clock this morning
:02:55. > :02:57.by one of the two Littlehampton inshore lifeboats deployed
:02:58. > :03:01.After being given first aid, the exhausted woman was taken to
:03:02. > :03:09.Hundreds of passengers had to wait hours for their luggage following
:03:10. > :03:12.Many travellers were told to leave without their luggage
:03:13. > :03:16.Gatwick Airport said the delays were caused
:03:17. > :03:21.by "resourcing issues" involving baggage handlers at Swissport.
:03:22. > :03:25.Onto sport, and the Oxford`born clay pigeon
:03:26. > :03:28.shooter Matt French has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in
:03:29. > :03:32.French was desperately unlucky in the final round at Carnoustie ` he
:03:33. > :03:35.missed just one of his 30 targets, but his England rival, Steve Scott,
:03:36. > :03:47.didn't miss any, recording a perfect 30 out of 30 to take the gold medal.
:03:48. > :03:57.99 Thames out a hundred Mathew Shuter 29 win but you cannot beat a
:03:58. > :04:02.man who does not mess and he was amazing and that final. I am pleased
:04:03. > :04:09.with that. When you trying to think and hoping that he would miss one?
:04:10. > :04:13.The strange being in this situation. We have been and the situation
:04:14. > :04:16.countless times. To do it on the big stage, it is nice that we could both
:04:17. > :04:33.put on a good show. If anyone makes to come. The showers
:04:34. > :04:40.will clear away and be well see dire conditions coming into play.
:04:41. > :04:44.Tomorrow, you will notice the change. We have the winds from the
:04:45. > :04:48.North West, it should be a dry day with spells of sunshine.
:04:49. > :04:53.Temperatures will get down to four or five Celsius. What we would
:04:54. > :04:57.expect for this time of year. Highs of 23 or 24 degrees.
:04:58. > :05:11.I will be back at 10:25pm. Have a good evening.
:05:12. > :05:16.Topped temperatures down 5 degrees on yesterday and much lower humidity
:05:17. > :05:19.so the second part of the weekend has been much more comfortable. The
:05:20. > :05:21.coming few days, if we get sunshine it will be pleasantly warm. It's not
:05:22. > :05:23.a completely