Sheffield Towers to be Demolished

Sheffield will be losing arguably their best landmark, as would the local art group have you believe..

Thousands of people have signed petitions calling for the preservation of the 76m-high Tinsley Towers and Sheffield art group Go proposed that the towers be turned into a giant art installation.

The The M1 motorway will be closed when the towers are brought down by energy company E.On on Sunday 24 August

Derek Parkin, from E.On, said: "Our priority has always been to make sure this demolition is carried out safely and with as little disruption as possible, which is why we've opted for the early hours of the morning."

E.On will build a £60m biomass power station on the site, which will produce energy for 40,000 homes.

Can you even begin to imagine what our grandparents would be saying if they knew the next generation were fighting to keep the towers..