Tag: drought

Environment

Hosepipe Ban Reaches a Greenwich Pensioner in the Rain

Yasmina Khan

The British Taxpayer’s Perspective: Genesis 6-9 Meets Thames Water and Britain’s Most Expensive Relationship With Rain GREENWICH, LONDON: A London pensioner has demanded clarification from Thames Water after discovering that she may not use her garden hose during a hosepipe ban, even when standing in the rain. Margaret Wilkins, 78, was tending her begonias when she received another reminder about conserving water. She looked at the clouds, examined her damp…

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Britain Issues Emergency Heat Alert

Siobhan O’Donnell

Britain Issues Emergency Heat Alert After Thermometer Reaches Temperature Known Elsewhere as Tuesday Nation Responds to 30°C by Removing Shirts, Purchasing Fans and Forgetting Vulnerable Neighbours LONDON, England — Health authorities issued yellow heat-health alerts across several English regions after temperatures threatened to reach 30°C, a reading that caused Britain to activate emergency procedures normally reserved for invasion, royal funerals and supermarket shortages of ice lollies. Officials warned that prolonged heat…