#Latest news with #LancashireCricketClubBloomberg5 days agoClimateBloombergAllegra Stratton: Can Reservoirs Come Fast Enough for the UK?Drought is here! Thus spoke the Environment Agency this week — not the Book of Genesis. It's something the Readout said could come weeks back, but it being in the north-west of England was not top of anyone's bingo card. The area is famous for its wet weather, with a long running gag that rain stops Lancashire Cricket Club winning as many county championships as Yorkshire. So the news that there's now a drought there is definitely a man-bites-dog story.
Bloomberg5 days agoClimateBloombergAllegra Stratton: Can Reservoirs Come Fast Enough for the UK?Drought is here! Thus spoke the Environment Agency this week — not the Book of Genesis. It's something the Readout said could come weeks back, but it being in the north-west of England was not top of anyone's bingo card. The area is famous for its wet weather, with a long running gag that rain stops Lancashire Cricket Club winning as many county championships as Yorkshire. So the news that there's now a drought there is definitely a man-bites-dog story.