Parched earth in store for a long hot summer

Are we heading for a drought this summer and another hose pipe ban? My garden is very dry and needs watering twice a day.

- with Angela Terry

Given how hot and dry the last few months have been, it’s difficult to see how we will avoid a drought. The Environment Agency (EA) described the low rainfall levels so far this year as, ‘unprecedented’, with water storage capacity lower in most parts of the country than the last time we had a serious drought.