The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Call for UK ministers to act comes as environment secretary considers ‘national grid for water’

While rainfall on Sunday brought desperately needed relief to firefighters in the Gironde department near Bordeaux, wildfires elsewhere continue to burn though hundreds of hectares of French forests. Sunday marked the end of an intense heatwave that began on Wednesday, with storms forecast in 10 departments.

The response to the drought shows how underinvestment has left us without the infrastructure to cope with climate crisis

Climate activists have sabotaged luxury golf courses in the south of France, protesting against the "leisure industry for the most privileged" and its exemption for the country's water ban.

Labour has called for a COBRA meeting to discuss the impact of the prolonged heatwave on water supplies across the country.Speaking on Saturday, deputy leader, Angela Rayner has called on the Government to act amid fears drought conditions may last until next year.With drought conditions declared across eight regions, Ms…

As crops shrivel in the fields, farmers around the country are calling for urgent action from the Tory leadership

In an Instagram reel dubbed shower news: drought edition, Paddy revealed that his original family birthday plans were 'out the window'

Crops, power plants, barge traffic, industry and fish populations devastated by parched waterways

It comes as the southern half of the UK has been beset by drought conditions this weekend, while the northern half braces for thunderstorms on Sunday.