As a long-suffering customer of Yorkshire Water, I became subject to a hosepipe ban on 11 July. The next day I read in your Saturday magazine that I should enliven my summer by turning my garden into a water park: All you need is a hose.
Millions of Yorkshire households are facing a potential hosepipe ban in two weeks time to cope with the county's drought. Internal Yorkshire Water documents suggest a temporary ban for its five million customers has been pencilled in for July 14.