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Blast demolishes landmark towers

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Thousands of people stayed up to watch the demolition of two iconic cooling towers near the M1 at Sheffield early on Sunday morning.

The giant concrete towers were blown up at 0300BST, after more than 70 years on the skyline.

Tom Ingall reports.

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