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Drought leads to French ban on garden swimming pools

Pyrénées-Orientales, which borders Spanish Catalonia, will be officially declared at drought "crisis" level from 10 May; bans on car-washing, garden-watering and pool-filling will also start then.

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Sales of swimming pools are being banned in parts of France as drought conditions continue to grip the country, reports The Independent.

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