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Temperatures are set to reach 30C in some parts of the UK this week before unsettled weekend weather sweeps in with a chance of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
As much of a parched England faces a blanket ban on using hose pipes to counter water shortages there are a group of people ...
A water leak near a supermarket which has spilled out onto the road has emerged, just days before a hosepipe ban is enforced. Water could be seen gushing from a manhole cover near the Wincheap Park & ...
The UK only has eight public holidays a year as it is – compared to 14 in Spain, 11 in France and nine in Germany and Ireland ...
The expected hot spell comes after temperatures soared past 30C in parts of the UK last week - as the country had its third heatwave of the year.
At the weekend, record-breaking temperatures exceeded 30C in several parts of the country, as the third heatwave of 2025 swept the UK. A high of 33C was recorded in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, and ...
Southern Water has become the fourth utility company in England to issue a hosepipe ban. In a statement published on their ...
The fire service has taken part in a huge training exercise in east Hull without running water to protect vital reserves ...
The issue comes when you turn on water from your mains and channel it through a hose or hose-like tool, so avoid doing this at all for reasons outside the exempted terms as long as you’re under a ban.
Water companies have announced the first hosepipe bans of the year, but there are still things you can do to keep your plants ...
Portsmouth Water customers have been reassured there are no immediate plans to implement a hosepipe ban in the area - but ...