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 ...

RESIDENTS of Whaley Bridge have been allowed to return to their homes today after six nights away as the damaged reservoir dam is now deemed to be safe. More than 1,500 residents had been ...

Cheers went up at a meeting today as dozens of Whaley Bridge residents heard they would get to go home after emergency crews managed to get the local reservoir down to target level. However ...

The evacuees of Whaley Bridge have been warned it is not safe for them to return home as it is feared an inch-and-a-half of rain today could cause the town's crumbling dam to burst. Dozens more ...

Samantha Fisher BBC News Online 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 ...

A group of residents who are refusing to evacuate Whaley Bridge cannot be made to leave, police say. There are currently 20 residents refusing to leave 16 homes within the evacuation zone of 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.

A Whaley Bridge resident says he is refusing to leave his home because the evacuation over a dam that could burst is "health and safety gone mad". Andrew Mclackland said he would stay put after ...

Derbyshire County Council has said most roads around Whaley Bridge are now open again. A spokeswoman said the A5004 Buxton Road - which runs through the town - reopened this morning with traffic ...

SOME Whaley Bridge residents celebrated finally being allowed home last night - but hundreds were forced to endure a SIXTH night away. Nearly all of the 1,500 people evacuated from the Derbyshire ...

Gascoigne Halman is under fire for offering Whaley Bridge residents home insurance before they were evacuated (Picture: PA) A lettings agency has been criticised for offering home insurance to ...

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." ...