Environment · 24 July 2026
The Missing Ingredient In England's Summer
Pexels / Justin Wolfert
The story is what has not happened. England has received roughly three per cent of its normal July rainfall, and the weekend fronts on the forecast are expected to fade before reaching the driest regions. In the absence, consequences accumulate: 87 per cent of river catchments below normal and, from Thursday, a Thames Water hosepipe ban pushing over 20 million people under restrictions.
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