These are some of the stories of those who helped save Whaley Bridge from near disaster. Father Jamie Mcleod was the first person to raise the alarm The reservoir at the bottom of Father Jamie ...

It was damage to the spillway at Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, that saw more than 1,500 residents ordered to leave their homes over fears the dam would collapse and flood the town.

This led to 1,500 people being evacuated from nearby Whaley Bridge for several days. The resulting review identified weaknesses in Britain’s existing reservoir safety regime, and on November 4 ...