West and East Midlands have officially moved into drought status with some river flows in the region at their lowest for June since 1976.
Dr Jess Neumann, Associate Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading tells ITV News’ Nina Hossain what’s causing the drought, and what small changes we can make at home to help conserve water.
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