Five water companies now have severe restrictions in place - preventing about 11million from using hosepipes to water plants and lawns, wash cars or fill paddling pools.

Anglian Water has issued a new hosepipe ban impacting millions of Brits as a heatwave sends temperatures in the UK soaring above 35C

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Anglian Water became the latest water firm to announce restrictions this morning as the heatwave continues, placing five million customers across eastern England under a ban from…

Everyone should be ‘mindful of their water use’ amid the heatwave, an Environment Agency chief has said

Five water companies have imposed usage restrictions in recent days affecting customers across southern and eastern England as strain on supplies intensifies during the latest…

Five water companies now have severe restrictions in place - preventing about 11million from using hosepipes to water plants and lawns, wash cars or fill paddling pools.

Some areas are facing hosepipe bans

Everyone should be ‘mindful of their water use’ amid the heatwave, an Environment Agency chief has said

More than 11million people in southern and eastern England are now under a hosepipe ban, with a further 21million encouraged to reduce usage to avoid constraints.

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South West Water said the ban would come into force across multiple areas of Devon, with residents urged to stop using hosepipes to water gardens, fill pools and clean patios