PM tells residents of Derbyshire town that Toddbrook reservoir ‘dodgy but stable’
The prime minister has visited the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge, where at least a thousand residents were forced to flee their homes amid fears a dam could collapse, engulfing the community of 6,500 people.
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