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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: a drought is expected to be declared in many parts of england today with more days of extreme heat and dry weather to come. yorkshire water is the latest firm to announce it's introducing a hosepipe ban, while restrictions come into effect today across kent and sussex. cannot be certain that it will rain, so that is why we take action now. that allows us to apply for the permits and drought orders. many part of europe are experience extreme heat pressures, too. hundreds of firefighters from across the eu join efforts to combat a huge wildfire in france's gironde region while rivers are drying up in germany. the riverbed of the mighty rhine, just look at it. we should be under water here,

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thing. it costs a lot as well. i was in turin earlier this week, twinned with glasgow, and that is where eurovision was held this year, and city officials said they spent more than £10 million on the event, but crucially, they were able to get it back seven times over in tourism, people staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, visiting museums. but it will cost a lot and they said it would be quite difficult to justify now with the cost of living crisis in italy. we heard from the leader of the glasgow city council this morning and she said she would be speaking to the uk government to talk about funding the eurovision song contest because of the sheer amount it costs to put on. let’s song contest because of the sheer amount it costs to put on.- amount it costs to put on. let's go back to the — amount it costs to put on. let's go back to the hot _ amount it costs to put on. let's go back to the hot weather _ amount it costs to put on. let's go back to the hot weather the - amount it costs to put on. let's go back to the hot weather the uk - amount it costs to put on. let's go back to the hot weather the uk is l back to the hot weather the uk is experiencing at the moment. an amber warning is in place for parts of england and wales, with temperatures forecast to hit 37 degrees. this weekend could see the current wales record august temperature — of 35.2 set in 1990 —

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what is called grey water. we are running bass, showers, washing up water, all different uses of water in the house that actually, generally speaking, is perfectly reasonable to take out and give to your plants. that will mean you are not using more water, you are not running the taps specifically to water your plants where you might want to be more sparing, you are recycling something you have had another use for. ii recycling something you have had another use for.— recycling something you have had another use for. if we start seeing ersistent another use for. if we start seeing persistent high — another use for. if we start seeing persistent high temperatures - another use for. if we start seeing persistent high temperatures like | persistent high temperatures like this and dry weather like this year after year, are there any types of lights and shrubs and so on that you think could be threatened, that you simply would not be able to survive in this country any more? it is ossible in this country any more? it is possible that _ in this country any more? it is possible that the _ in this country any more? it 3 possible that the nature of people's gardens make up may change ever so slightly over the coming years. there are obviously plants that require more water and less water. i am not sure we'll be filling our gardens with cacti straightaway, but in the same respect, i do think people will think carefully about

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if that is too much, too oppressive, take a look at this. moving into the latter stages of sunday, into next week, low—pressure starting to build, we could see thundery downpours developing. as with the nature of the showers, where they are going to hit, very hit and miss at the moment. certainly worth bearing in mind, we could start to see a change in monday with sharp, thundery downpours and a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather. take care.

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skies and sunshine. patchy rain and drizzle in northern and western isles. the risk of a little bit of cloud lingering on the east coast having an impact on the feel of the weather. elsewhere, the blue sky and sunshine will continue and so too will be a hit, peaking generally across england and wales, possibly as high as 36 somewhere close to the south midlands. even temperatures in western scotland away from the cloud and northern ireland, mid 20s. we keep the risk of some low cloud into the northern isles, potentially running in off the north sea coast in the night. elsewhere temperatures holding up, very warm and sultry for getting a good night's sleep. in repeat mode for the start of the weekend. once again, a lot of sunshine unexpected, going to turn very hot across much of england and wales. lots of sunshine in northern ireland and western scotland. early morning cloud hopefully starting to burn away. just northern and western isles again staying a little bit cloudier and fresher. temperatures likely to peak with highs of 37, just shy of 100 farenheit.

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at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are "normal", "prolonged dry weather", "drought" and "severe drought" — with england currently sitting in the second stage. if it's declared, water companies would be asked to introduce temporary bans on hosepipe use for watering gardens, cleaning cars orfilling paddling pools. yorkshire water is the latest firm to announce a ban. restrictions come into force in kent and sussex, and are already in place in parts of hampshire, the isle of wight and in pembrokeshire and a small part of carmarthenshire. the ongoing dry weather, along with last month's record—breaking heat, has drained rivers and reservoirs, and raised the risk of wildfires. here's dan johnson. england's green and pleasant land is now looking pretty dry and parched, after weeks of hot weather and so little rain.

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being exceeded. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in barry. tell us what it is like there. beautiful morning here. as you can see already people flocking to the beach, at around 9am this morning, half full by 10am. this is an extraordinary period of dry weather we have had across the uk across the south—east of england and parts of wales. an amber warning in place for extreme heat across large parts of england, south—east especially, and around a third of wales coming up as far west i would say a little bit further from where we are here in barry island. we are hearing a trout is expected to be declared later for parts of south and east england —— a drought. there will be stricter

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measures for using water in households. five water companies in parts of wales and in england have already announced hosepipe bans and some are already in force. they are bringing them in because using the hose pipe is far more wasteful than actually watering your plants and using a hosepipe to fill up for example a paddling pool is very wasteful as well. in this type of extraordinary dry where we have not had much rainfall in large parts of the country, we need to conserve water. we know this is all a part of climate change, we know the uk's temperature has increased by almost a degree over the past three decades, so the measures are being brought into. make sure we conserve water we have in this extraordinary dry weather, but people still making the most of it after a difficult two years, making the most of the warm, dry weather. years, making the most of the warm, dry weather-—

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across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are "normal", "prolonged dry weather", will "drought" and "severe drought". eight areas have been moved to the third stage — including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water companies may introduce temporary bans on hosepipe use for watering gardens, cleaning cars or filling paddling pools. yorkshire water became the latest to introduce a hosepipe ban. restrictions came into force in kent

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and rivers running low, or dried out completely, not helped by more hot weather on the way. frances read, bbc news. stuart colville is from water uk. we have seen some extraordinarily low flows _ we have seen some extraordinarily low flows particularly in rivers in the centre — low flows particularly in rivers in the centre and south of england. water_ the centre and south of england. water companies have been taking action— water companies have been taking action to _ water companies have been taking action to try to help matters. choosing _ action to try to help matters. choosing different sources of water to relieve _ choosing different sources of water to relieve pressure on hard—pressed areas, _ to relieve pressure on hard—pressed areas, moving water around to relieve pressure on hard—pressed areas, moving wateraround in different— areas, moving wateraround in different ways, sharing water with farmers _ different ways, sharing water with farmers where we are able to because we understand agriculture is being impacted — we understand agriculture is being impacted. and helping the environment by sending pulses of cold water out of reservoirs back into rivers — cold water out of reservoirs back into rivers to rehydrate them and cool temperatures to protect fish stock~ _ cool temperatures to protect fish stock. plenty of action being taken but we _

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