An operation to recover the bodies of three missing people at Didcot Power Station will take "many, many weeks", according to Emergency Services.

One person was killed and five were injured after the former boiler house partially collapsed at the decommissioned power station site on 23 February.

Police said the families of the three missing people have now returned home.

The site remains 'highly unstable' and emergency services are continuing to work together to establish the best way to recover the bodies.

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Assistant Chief Constable, Scott Chilton, said: "The recovery of the bodies and site investigation will be a very complex operation and I envisage it will be many, many weeks before it is completed.

"I know that this makes it particularly difficult for the families involved, as they await the recovery of their loved ones. Our priority remains to return them to their families and we continue to support the families as needed.

"We are working closely with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to establish the cause of the incident."

Chief Fire Officer Dave Etheridge added: "Our thoughts very much continue to be with the families of those who have lost their lives and I would like to reassure them that we are doing all we can to return their loved ones to them."

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