FOI EXCLUSIVE: Record drought and heat force nearly half of UK councils to halt summer mowing

As Britain endured its hottest summer on record and the driest July in 190 years, a HortWeek Freedom of Information investigation has found that local authorities across England and Wales were forced to overhaul their grass cutting schedules.

Climate change and the future of council grass cutting

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