An official drought has been declared across eight areas of England - amid the driest summer for 50 years.

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It means water companies can take tougher measures to conserve stocks - while the Environment Agency has warned it will take "weeks worth" of rain to restore supplies.

Drought status now applies to a swathe of areas from Devon and Cornwall to East Anglia and up to Lincolnshire - as well as north and south London.

While a Met Office amber warning for extreme heat is in place until midnight on Sunday.

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