Wessex Water, which serves most of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, as well as parts of Dorset and Gloucestershire, has not introduced a hosepipe ban since 1976. It said there were a number of factors ...

After the driest spring on record and a third heatwave in a row, it may come as little surprise to find water use restrictions are being introduced.Spring 2025 across England was the driest since 1893 ...

Currently, three areas – Cumbria and Lancashire, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, and Merseyside and Cheshire – are already experiencing drought, with three water companies having already implemented ...

Drought has been declared in the West and East Midlands as England struggles with its driest start to the year since 1976.It ...

Meanwhile, Yorkshire Water's ban applies to any home that receives water from the firm. That generally includes the regions ...

Southern Water is the latest utility company to announce a hosepipe ban due to prolonged dry weather, a week after Yorkshire Water became the first region to impose restrictions.

Median price-to-income ratio was used to determine exactly how affordable an area was. This basically means the DIHA compared ...