Residents have been left angry at a “painful” hosepipe ban that will impact hundreds of thousands of people in Wiltshire.

United Utilities bosses have urged people to ‘reduce’ any ‘unnecessary use’ of water after a sustained period of dry weather. Despite plenty of rain forecast for the next fortnight, United Utilities ...

Oxfordshire residents are being hit with a hosepipe ban despite our reservoir levels being at greater capacity than in London.

Bristol Water has confirmed it has no plans to join others in imposing a hosepipe ban this summer. Although the city recently sweated through a weekend where the mercury tipped over 33 degrees, a ...

A major road was closed in Hythe on Wednesday due to a water leak, with the timing being branded “shocking” as Southern Water announced ...

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 who will avoid the penalty. Southern Water has become the latest company to ...

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.

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 ...