After the long scorching heatwave of July 2022, droughts have been officially confirmed across most of England.
Eight areas are affected including Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent, south London and East Sussex, Herts and north London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the East Midlands, according to the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs.
Southern Water was the first to use a Temporary Use Ban (TUB), affecting Hampshire and the Isle of Wight due to the consistently hot and dry weather.
