Didcot residents say the towers will be missed.

Didcot Power Station has provided electricity to nearby homes for 40 years. But the coal-fired towers, forming part of the complex, were forced to shut down when new European rules over greenhouse gases came into force two years ago. The plant will be removed in stages with the southern cooling towers getting the first blast. The rest of it will go by 2016. Our reporter Asana Greenstreet has been talking to resident Kathleen Essex, who says the view has become part of her everyday life.