Whaley Bridge residents get 15 minutes to grab essentials
Police have allowed 1,500 residents evacuated from the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge on Thursday to return home for up to 15 minutes to pick up essential items.Image captionAfter being allowed to take their two dogs, Sooty and Sweep, with them on Thursday, Lynn and Matt Lingard used the opportunity to return to collect the rest of their pets, including two rabbits.
"We're quite down today. It hit us hard going back to our home and seeing what we have to leave behind and could lose if anything happens. We just want to live a normal life.
She said he also collected their pet cat, a stack of toiletries plus leg splints and toys for their son.
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