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- St Paul’s School irrigated its fields despite a hosepipe ban covering 40 % of England.
- Exemptions let Royal St George’s Golf Club and Dulwich College (£67,000 a year) keep lawns green while public parks stay dry.
- Cat Hobbs of We Own It called the disparity “shocking” while Professor Hannah Cloke of the University of Reading called it “crazy”.
- 30 °C temperatures on 24 summer days have left families unable to fill paddling pools as parks turn bare.
