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  "id": 490904,
  "title": "Drought declared in ‘almost three-quarters’ of England, government says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/drought-declared-in-almost-three-quarters-of-england-government-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T17:16:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3363575/drought-declared-almost-three-quarters-england-government-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some 71.3 per cent of England is in drought, the UK government said on Monday, after the nation experienced its driest July on record, with a fifth heatwave and scant rain forecast for the week ahead. Parks and fields that are usually green at this point in the year were parched and yellow, according to Agence France-Presse photos, as river levels dwindled and farmers battling low crop yields…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Drought Grips Almost Three-Quarters of England And More Heat Is Coming",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/drought-grips-almost-three-quarters-of-england-and-more-heat-is-coming",
        "published": "2026-08-10T18:47:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}