The National Drought Group response tackles water pressure after heatwaves while a fictional watering can discovers the paperwork behind a dry summer.
Hampshire enters prolonged dry weather as the Environment Agency protects the River Test, while an umbrella demands a formal role.
England’s water supplies are relatively healthy, the weather is behaving suspiciously and the National Drought Group is monitoring both with a clipboard.
Illegal waste activity near Chesterfield has stopped after around 100 tonnes of household waste were deposited or buried, with a rock barrier now guarding the site.
A shoal downstream of Godstow Lock prompts official caution, careful boating and a narrowboat’s increasingly serious biscuit meeting.
Three Dorset farm companies paid £33,500 after slurry storage failures, inspiring the tank model to file a very official apology.
Environment Agency guidance sets conditions for construction dewatering, and the pump discovers the administrative burden of being useful.
England’s water levels have recovered from drought, but flooding shows that normal weather can still arrive with a dramatic administrative plot twist.
The Environment Agency could gain police style powers in a waste crime crackdown, leaving illegal rubbish with financial questions to answer.
