BIKERS from across the country rallied at the funeral of one of the demolition workers killed in the Didcot Power Station collapse.

Mick Collings, 53, was a keen motorcyclist who died in the accident at the former Didcot A site last month when the boiler house collapsed.

Mr Collings, married to Lynn, lived in Brotton, Cleveland, and was a member of the Teesriders Motorcycle Club.

His widow invited fellow bikers to join him on his last journey from their home to Kirkleatham Crematorium, North Yorkshire, and the club got responses from riders across the country who wanted to pay their respects.

Bikers riding Triumphs, Harley-Davidsons and Suzukis brought the roads around the crematorium near Redcar to a standstill.

Before the funeral Teesriders Motorcycle Club chairman Joe Johnson said: "It's a very, very sad day.

"I just wish we were riding out for a different reason, rather than seeing Mick off on his last ride.

"He was a really good guy - he was one of those blokes that every he did was 110 per cent.

"Being a motorcyclist is dangerous, it's always in the back of your mind about having an accident.

"Nobody goes to work thinking they are going to get killed, that's why this one is so different.

"Whether he was killed in Didcot or on the road he would have got the same send-off because that's the sort of bloke he was.

"He is going to leave a massive hole in the club but most of all he will leave a hole in Lynn's life."

A family obituary for Mr Collings said: "Always happy and smiling, Michael loved everyone.

"He always lived life to the full - working to provide for his family, making improvements to his home, keeping in close contact with his family and friends, organising rock music events and attending motorbike rallies throughout the UK and Europe with his wife Lynn, his 'best lass'.

"This wonderful man is no longer with us and has left a huge void in all our lives."

Fellow demolition workers Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and Chris Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, remain missing following the power station collapse on February 23.

Families of the three missing workers visited the power station site at the weekend, calling for work to be carried out as soon as possible to locate their loved ones.

The families have criticised the rescue operation, complaining it is taking too long and another protest is planned at the power station on Sunday.

Recovery teams could start moving a 30ft pile of rubble if safety measures are signed off at the end of the week.

RWE spokeswoman Kelly Nye said once the company had completed its independent survey of the site the Health and Safety Executive would decide if it was safe enough for workers to carry out the recovery operation.