Newspaper headlines: ‘Drought ahead’ and ‘Dinghy flotilla’

Several papers lead statements of drought across the UK, the third in five years. “The future looks like a drought to bake Britain,” said the Met, reporting that dry weather had affected “more than half the country”, with millions of people warning it was the “new normal”. He cited forecasts for the “driest July on record” with England receiving just 7 per cent of expected rainfall for the month.