More than 18 million domestic and business customers across a swathe of southern England are now - or soon will be - subject to hosepipe bans amid the heatwave

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

With much of the UK suffering parched conditions, water companies are resorting to hosepipe bans to preserve supplies

The hosepipe ban will come into effect later this week