Julia Hartley-Brewer’s epic clash with climate activist: ’We had a hot summer that’s all’

Thames Water, which supplies 15 million people, has put in place a hosepipe ban which comes into effect today. The company said water levels in its reservoirs were “much lower than usual” when it announced the ban. It joins Welsh Water, Southern Water and South East Water and South West Water in implementing bans, with Yorkshire Water following suit on August 26 – meaning more than 29.4 million customers across the UK will be prohibited from using hosepipes by the end of the week. It comes after a drought was officially declared across most of England following the driest July for 50 years and the driest first half of the year since 1976. Julia clashed with climate activist Joel Scott-Halkes over the cause of the droughts. “We’ve had a hot summer, that’s all it is, it’s not a catastrophe.“ #talktv #talkradio