Didcot power station: Body found in rubble six months after collapse
Three men have been missing since the building in Oxfordshire partially collapsed in February
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Your support makes all the difference.A body has been recovered from the former Didcot power station six months after the boiler house collapsed.
Three men have been missing since the building in Oxfordshire partially collapsed in February.
The body has not been formally identified but the families of the missing demolition workers - Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and Chris Huxtable, 34, from Swansea - have been informed of the discovery on Wednesday, Thames Valley Police said.
The building had previously been too unstable to be approached and a 50m exclusion zone was set up around the site.
The body of Michael Collings, 53, who was also killed by the disaster, was previously recovered from the wreckage.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: "The safe recovery of the body will take place and the disaster victim identification process will commence.
"The person has not yet been formally identified and this will be a matter for the coroner.
"Our thoughts remain with the families of the missing men and we would ask that their privacy is respected during this incredibly difficult time."
Additional reporting by Press Association
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