Warnings of drought come as millions of households are hit by hosepipe bans across the country

11million customers of Southern, South East, Cambridge and Anglian Water, as well as Affinity Water, have been ordered not to use hosepipes, with threatened fines of up to £1,000.

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

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Warnings of drought come as millions of households are hit by hosepipe bans across the country

Back-to-back heatwaves have taken a toll on the UK’s green spaces and farmland

This year's heatwave has created a countrywide water shortage that looks set to only deepen over the next few days, and threatens to break grim records set decades ago

After the country has been dried up by heatwaves and hot weather, a spell of rain is on the way, according to the Met Office