Two hundred tonnes of sand, gravel and stone have now been dropped by an RAF Chinook helicopter onto the damaged slipway of the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge. The precision operation ...

gravel and stone onto the dam to shore it up. An RAF Chinook helicopter lowers bags of aggregate to reinforce the damaged spillway of the Toddbrook Reservoir dam above the town of Whaley Bridge ...

There were dramatic scenes in Whaley Bridge this morning as the military helicopter dropped large bags filled with sand, gravel and stone to shore up the partially-collapsed dam wall and stem the ...

A damaged reservoir in northern England is threatening to collapse and submerge the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of homes in an emergency operation.

The residents of crisis-hit Whaley Bridge have been taking to social media and even their own back gardens to pay tribute to the emergency crews who are working on the stricken dam. Tributes ...

Hundreds of Whaley Bridge residents have been told they can return home, nearly a week after fears over a damaged dam. It comes as more than 1,500 people were evacuated from the Derbyshire town ...

An RAF helicopter has been drafted to help stop the Toddbrook Reservoir from bursting and releasing approximately 1.3 million tonnes of water onto the town of Whaley Bridge. The Ministry of ...

The Rapid Relief Team is offering a free-of-charge BBQ for the residents of Whaley Bridge to thank them. A spokesman said: “We’ve really appreciated the outstanding residents of Whaley Bridge." ...

While in some places the clean up has begun, Whaley Bridge has been evacuated in response to the partial collapse of Toddbrook Reservoir which overlooks it. If it bursts it would dump over a ...

Two hundred tonnes of sand, gravel and stone have now been dropped by an RAF Chinook helicopter onto the damaged slipway of the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge. The precision operation ...