Whaley Bridge dam: Saving the town was 'touch and go'

Name: Whaley Bridge dam: Saving the town was 'touch and go'
Uploaded: 2020-07-31T18:08:07.000Z
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Description: One year on, we return to the Derbyshire town almost swept away after a dam collapsed.

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It's 12 months since a collapsed dam in Derbyshire threatened to sweep away the town of Whaley Bridge.

People involved in the rescue effort described to us their sense of pride in working together to prevent disaster.

31 July 2020