The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

Brits could be prevented from washing their cars and watering their gardens with a hosepipe for many weeks to come with temperatures back on the rise in another heatwave

Many water companies across the country are taking necessary steps to help tackle a potential drought in the coming weeks

People should also be washing clothes differently according to Natural Resources Wales

People in some of England’s driest areas have explained how the sweltering weather and a shortage of rainfall is impacting their daily lives.

Customers have been given advice on how to save water as hot weather continues in the UK

England has taken on a different hue with infrequent rain causing parched landscapes.

The National Drought Group moved England into ‘Prolonged Dry Weather’ status.

Dry conditions and impending drought mean millions of people in the UK are now, or will soon be, under a hosepipe ban. There is a “temporary use ban” in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with Kent and Sussex to follow. It’s virtually impossible for water suppliers to enforce this…

The low water levels follow months of little rainfall and hot weather

It is going to be another hot, dry week

There are fears confusing rules will mean water restrictions aren't effective this summer