Whaley bridge dam incident – Guardian description – major failures of the cladding infrastructure

The need to look at dam safety again. Guardian

BBC: 7/9/19 ‘Hundreds of Whaley Bridge residents have been told they can return home, nearly a week after fears over a damaged dam saw them evacuated. About 1,500 residents were removed from their homes on Thursday after the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir was damaged during heavy rain.  Emergency services worked to repair the dam wall and lower water to safe levels to allow people to return.  Derbyshire Police said it had been an “unprecedented crisis”. But the immediate danger posed to Whaley Bridge and areas downstream in the Goyt Valley has now passed, according to the force.