Whaley Bridge residents deny risking emergency crews' lives
by Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4MND9)
20 people have refused to leave extended evacuation zone despite repeated warnings
An elderly married couple among the Whaley Bridge residents criticised by police for refusing to leave their homes at risk of catastrophic flooding have rejected claims they are needlessly putting emergency crews' lives at risk.
Malcolm Venton and Lorraine Ellis say they could not leave their two border collies, Meg and Amy. The couple were asked to leave on Saturday when the evacuation zone was extended, but decided to hunker down, despite the threat of a huge wave rushing out of the damaged Toddbrook reservoir.
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