The long spells of dry and hot weather caused by a record spring and summer have had an effect on farming and water availability, with hosepipe bans, poor harvests and low water levels in reservoirs.

Experts say the record-breaking temperatures of the last few summers are due to climate change.

Met Office climate scientists have found that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely than it would have been in a "natural" climate, with no human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.