Damaging 80mph winds are expected to hit Scotland on Friday

The country saw average temperatures of more than 10°C for the first time

That’s after the UK saw temperatures of more than 40°C last summer

The temporary water use ban will come into effect next Tuesday

Villagers of Northend, Oxfordshire have been given bottled water

Thames Water has said it will announce the timing of the “temporary” measure soon

Environment Secretary has urged companies to introduce hosepipe bans to safeguard UK’s reservoirs

Households have been urged to cut their water consumption in the wake of hosepipe bans

National Grid ESO report suggests on 19th July the UK saw a peak in energy demand

Lower Rhine River levels mean that the company might need to cut output at a coal fire plant in Germany