Britain's Thames Water announced a temporary "hosepipe ban" on Monday, aimed at cutting water usage across large parts of southern England, following the country's driest and warmest spring in over a century.

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban affecting 1.1mn customers across several areas in southern England in an effort to preserve water following persistent dry and warm weather.

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban will begin next Tuesday for customers in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, most of Wiltshire and some parts of Berkshire. Much of the UK is in for a reprieve from the hot weather as the third heatwave this summer starts to come to an end.