Businesses urged to prepare for 2012 super-drought

Jessica Shankleman
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Defra holds crisis summit as large parts of the UK face drought this spring

The government is to offer to help businesses save water at next week's crisis summit aimed at tackling a looming super-drought in three UK regions this spring and summer. Environment secretary Caroline...

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