15 Oct 2026
Photo description: A golf course green with sprinklers spraying water across the grass. A red flag marks the hole, standing against a backdrop of mature trees. Photo by Keith Tanner on Unsplash Non-essential use bans could ban certain businesses using mains water for irrigation and washing Three water companies, South East Water, Southern Water […]
13 Oct 2026
Photo credit: Adobe Stock The government’s floods resilience taskforce is being relaunched with drought added to its remit, and meets in its new form on 14 October. The Flood and Drought Resilience Taskforce, hosted by Floods and Drought Minister Emma Hardy, brings together more than 50 organisations including the Environment Agency, the Met Office, mayoral […]
08 Oct 2026
Image description: Rain clouds forming in the sky. Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash England’s drought conditions continued to deteriorate through the week of the latest Environment Agency (EA) situation report. England received just 65% of long-term average rainfall for the month, with river flows declining at nearly two-thirds of monitoring sites, with almost […]
01 Oct 2026
Image description: A line of stepping stones cutting across Ogmore River near Bridgend. Photo by Lisa Baker on Unsplash The Environment Agency’s latest weekly summary shows no change to drought status in England. Ten of its areas remain in drought and the rest are in prolonged dry weather. By 22 September, England had received […]
01 Oct 2026
Photo description: Rape seed in full bloom. Photo by Humans Made This on Unsplash New analysis by nature-focused investment fund Rebalance Earth, reported by The Guardian, shows just how closely England’s food production overlaps with areas at risk of drought. Rebalance Earth has found that 81% of England’s fresh produce is grown in parts […]
24 Sep 2026
Image description: Panoramic views of yellowed fields Hertfordshire’s rural heartland. Photo by Jan Kraus on Unsplash Wildlife in England and Wales will be affected by the current drought for years to come, the government has said. The warnings come following the latest meeting of the National Drought Group of ministers, officials, water companies, […]
17 Sep 2026
Image description: Devon fields during the summer 2026 drought. The grass is yellowed, with green hedgerows and a house in the background. Photo by Veronica White on Unsplash There is roughly a one-in-four chance that around half of the country will still be in drought by spring 2027, according to new analysis presented to […]
17 Sep 2026
Image description: A dry creek bed in Hartz Mountains, Tasmania, Australia. Brown rocks have been deposited on brown soil. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has revealed, reflecting declining water storage across the Earth’s surface and […]
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