Guard of honour held for final victim of Didcot Power Station collapse as emergency crews remove body from the rubble

A GUARD of honour was held yesterday as the body of the final victim of the Didcot Power ­Station collapse was removed from the site.

Relatives and emergency workers stood in silence as a private ambulance took away the body, thought to be that of John Shaw, 61.

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John, of Rotherham, is the third worker found in the rubble of the power station in Didcot, Oxfordshire — which collapsed in February while being prepared for demolition.

Victim Mick Collings, 53, of Teesside, was found at the time.

The bodies of Ken Cresswell, 57, also from Rotherham, and Chris Huxtable, 34, of Swansea, were located and re­m­oved in the last two weeks.

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All four men were working on the demolition of the disused building at the time of the devastation which was declared a major incident by Thames Valley Police.

Hospitals treated dozens of people for dust inhalation and a number of walking wounded after its collapse.

A Health and Safety probe continues.

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