Currently, three areas – Cumbria and Lancashire, Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, and Merseyside and Cheshire – are already experiencing drought, with three water companies having already implemented ...

A woman from an East Lancashire wildlife rescue centre says there has been an increase in people deliberately harming seagulls.

Modelling shows drought conditions could spread to the Midlands and central southern regions under the watchdog’s reasonable worst case scenario.

W e might be biased towards East Lancashire, but it’s not just us who thinks so. The Telegraph agrees with us, having named five of the area’s pub in its top 500 pubs nationally, all chosen for “their ...