Body found in search for missing workers at Didcot power station

Collapse: The power station was due to be torn down when the boiler house at the plant collapsed in February
Steve Parsons/PA
Jamie Bullen8 September 2016

One of two men missing since the collapse of Didcot A Power Station has been found, police believe.

Thames Valley Police said the families of demolition workers Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, have been informed after a body was found on Wednesday.

Police said no formal identification has taken place.

The power station was due to be torn down when the boiler house at the plant collapsed in February.

Three men were reported missing. The body of Christopher Huxtable, 34, of Swansea was recovered on August 31.

A police spokesman said: "Our thoughts remain with the families of Ken Cresswell and John Shaw and we would ask that their privacy is respected during this incredibly difficult time."

Contractors working at the site have "paused" the removal of debris so that specialists from Thames Valley Police, Fire and Rescue's Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team and the South Central Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Recovery Team (HART), can enter.

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