The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

A delegation of German lawmakers on Monday scrapped a trip to assess the sustainability of strawberry production near Spain's endangered Donana wetlands as a war of words between Spain's ruling socialists and the opposition over water scarcity escalated ahead of a snap election next month.

With little rainfall expected across Scotland next week, officials anticipate the warning will reach across a much wider area of the country.

PARTS of Scotland are in a state of water scarcity while southern England has seen above-average rainfall, according to Met Office analysis.

A spring report released on the first day of the meteorological summer has revealed large regional differences in rainfall across the UK.

The new boss will be making just shy of £300,000 a year managing Scotland's utility organisation

Areas in southern and central Scotland - and the majority of the north - are now at 'early warning' status

Simon Haycock whose 16-year-old son Sam drowned has warned of the dangers of swimming in open water after another young life was lost last week in Carlisle, Cumbria

Australia's water inspector has railed against holes in laws meant to safeguard the resource, calling them rubbish and saying only morons are at risk.

The company is facing an investigation by a watchdog after also overestimating consumption per head