hosepipe ban

The wildfire crisis is getting worse On the hillsides above the south Wales valleys, some of the soldiers carrying water to exhausted firefighters are Nepalese. Gurkhas have been deployed to South Wales to help crews working 10- and 11-hour shifts against ten large fires, with around 100 personnel sent at the weekend and a further […]

2 weeks ago

Drought crisis grows across England The England drought has widened dramatically, with officials confirming on Monday that 71.3 per cent of the country now meets drought criteria just as a fifth heatwave of the summer prepares to push temperatures towards 36C. The National Drought Group said the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East […]

3 weeks ago

Three tricks to keep your garden thriving and flourishing There is a particular kind of despair that sets in when you watch a summer border wilt in real time. With millions of Britons living under hosepipe ban restrictions and the mercury refusing to drop, keeping a garden alive in August has become an exercise in […]

1 month ago

Water restrictions grow A fresh hosepipe ban will cover two million more people across Essex and Suffolk from Monday, pushing the number of UK customers under restrictions past 23 million as drought grips half of England. Essex and Suffolk Water said it was the first time it had imposed such measures since 1997. The restrictions […]

1 month ago

Just like the record-breaking year of 1976, parts of Britain are now facing a hosepipe ban Water supplier South East Water have announced a temporary ban on hosepipes and sprinkler usage following the UK’s recent breaking heatwave and increasingly dry conditions. The restriction of hosepipes and sprinklers comes into effect on August 12 across the […]

4 years ago