Whaley Bridge residents allowed to return home after evacuation

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A RAF Chinook helicopter prepares to drop sand bags on to the damaged dam at Toddbrook reservoir in Whaley Bridge.

 

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Whaley Bridge dam target 'almost reached'Water levels at Toddbrook Reservoir are almost low enough for engineers to assess the damage. Here’s hoping that all this work pays off and all the Emergency Crews stay safe. Great work by them to get people back into their homes. prayers StaySafe EmergencyCrews Looks to be a void between the outer shell and clay. Filling should suffice. It was never going to collapse according to an engineer I know working on it. There's something far more serious going on in Whaley Bridge however.....
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