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Posted on 07/11/2025 5:28:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
More than seven million people had hosepipe bans imposed on them as temperatures soared in the UK's third heatwave of 2025.
Astwood Bank in the West Midlands recorded the highest temperature of 34.7C by 18:00 BST on Friday, while Wales saw its hottest day of the year with 32.7C recorded in Usk.
Amber heat health alerts for southern England, the Midlands, and East Anglia were issued on Friday and will remain in place until Monday, the UK Health Security Agency said.
Less severe yellow warnings remain in place for northern England, while Scotland and Northern Ireland face warnings of wildfires on Saturday and Sunday.
Yellow weather alerts are issued during periods that are only likely to affect those who are particularly vulnerable, such as the elderly, and those with existing health conditions. Amber alerts are issued in situations that could put the whole population at risk.
Yorkshire Water's hosepipe ban came into effect on Friday, affecting customers across much of Yorkshire, parts of north Lincolnshire, and areas of Derbyshire.
South East Water, which has also introduced a hosepipe ban, said demand for drinking water had "reached record levels" since May due to the extended spell of warm and dry weather in the region.
It added that it was continuing to monitor the situation in its Western region, where it serves customers in parts of Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
A hosepipe ban could include restrictions on certain activities like watering gardens, washing cars, or filling up paddling pools, and people who break the ban could face a fine.
The weather alert service warns the public in England when high or low temperatures could damage their health or lead to disruption to critical public services.
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I saw a claim recently that more Europeans die every year from heat stroke from lack of air conditioning than US citizens die from murder using guns.
It’s a garden hose.
My question is, in England, what is the difference between a “hose” and a “hosepipe”?
94.5 degrees, we’re all gunna die! It’s cycled between 62 daytime high to 97 here the past two weeks with 100% humidity. Kinda hard to “acclimate” to that when it ping pongs all over the place. No AC either.
Hosepipe sounds like a porn star name.
Laz? Your take?
94 degrees.
Poor babies.
And get a lift in your brothers lorry.
Oddly cold kills many more than heat in Europe. Many elederly can not afford the clean energy electricity and die of hypothermia trying to save money on their electric bill. Clean energy kills!
I thought that hose pipe was Laz’s middle name or as he is known in South America, “El Tubo Grande del Noche.”
I grew up in Nashville to parents who spoke a fair bit of Appalachian, and “hose pipe” was a thing said in our house. It’s a garden hose.
Makes sense re: cold.
And re: clean energy. Indeed :(
94F — it’s,the end of the world!
Take that ya hosers! What’s a “hosepipe”?
At 85 they take your squeeze box away.
Another one the Brits massacre is Jaguar. On the car commercials, they pronounce it Jag-u-ar.
Yes! That one always annoyed me.
A Brit saying to my ears sounds either like they’re trying to mock the word itself or they’ve got something stuck in their throat.
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