Wembley's twin towers reach full-time

Demolition of Wembley Stadium's famous twin towers will start today (Friday) by contractor Griffiths McGee.

The towers at the 80-year-old stadium in north London, which are made from pre-cast concrete, could not be dismantled and rebuilt.

Once broken down, most of the rubble will be used as foundations for the new £757m stadium which is due to be completed by 2006.

The new stadium will have a giant arch as a symbolic replacement for the twin towers.

Wembley Stadium was constructed as the centrepiece of the British Empire Exhibition.

It took one year to build, and work was completed on 23 April 1923, just three days before the first FA Cup Final at the ground.

The old stadium is expected to be completely demolished by March.