Cornwall’s ‘first hosepipe ban in 26 years’ to be introduced next week

The temporary water use ban will come into effect next Tuesday

Village becomes ‘UK’s first’ area to run out of water

Villagers of Northend, Oxfordshire have been given bottled water

UK’s largest water company to implement hosepipe ban ‘in coming weeks’

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

UK urged to introduce more hosepipe bans as ten-day heatwave kicks off

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

Customers told to replace shower with wet towels!

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

Energy demand peaked on UK’s hottest day

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

Uniper warns over output of coal-fired stations as river evaporates

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

England’s first hosepipe ban to come into effect

The hosepipe ban in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight aims to protect the habitats of rivers in these regions

Britain’s heatwave would be “impossible” without climate change

Without human-caused climate change, the heatwave would have been 2°C to 4°C

WMO: ‘Climate change to blame for 40°C’

‘Human influence’ will see temperatures like these ten times more likely in the future, it says