papal biographer austen ivereigh.forced southern water to impose the ban for the first time in a decade, with people in being asked to stop using hoses and sprinklers from next friday. mike apps has this report. a paddle in the river seemed sensible on a day like today, and these families of southern water customers were not surprised to learn that a hosepipe ban is on the way. my girls have a water slide which they love playing on, so they won't be able to do that, but i guess we willjust be using the water butte more to water the flowers. this stretch of the river itchen in 0tterbourne is an extraction point for southern water. the reason the ban is being brought in is because flow levels are currently 25% down on what they should be at this time of year. the problem is no one knows for sure quite how long it is going to take for them to return to normal. we've had almost no rain injuly, and the outlook for august and possibly the next three months is also warmer and drier than average. so, we need to act now. it's

austen ivereigh is a papal biographer and commentator, having written biographies of pope francis andis pontificate, back in 2013, 1a, that pope benedict, his predecessor had opened that door, and he used the same expressionjust now opened that door, and he used the same expression just now on the papal plane, meaning that from now on, every pope must consider if there is a moment when they feel too frail to carry on, where they are simply not able to do the job as the job nowadays demands, then they are opening up to consider that and that is what has changed. the two things that have shifted in the last few decades, we live longer, so the idea of dying in office, we can conceive now being in office for a longer time, but in a frail state, but i think you couldn't do that a few decades ago. the other thing is the intense demands on the contemporary papal role, he hasjust intense demands on the contemporary papal role, he has just got back, this pope, from a gruelling trip in canada, edmonton, quebec, he was up in the arctic circle with the inuit people. that kind of trip, is normal f

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austen ivereigh is a papal biographer and commentator, having written biographies of pope francis and opened that door, and he used the same expression just now on the papal plane, meaning that from now on, every pope must consider, if there is a moment when they feel too frail to carry on, where they're simply not able to do the job as the job nowadays demands, then they are open now to consider that. and that is what has changed. the two things that have shifted in the last few decades, we live longer, so the idea of dying in office, we can conceive now being in office for a long time but in a frail state, which i think you couldn't do a few decades ago. and the other thing is the intense demands on the contemporary papal role. i mean, the pope hasjust got back from a gruelling trip to canada, where he went edmonton, quebec, he was up in the arctic circle with the inuit people. i mean, that kind of highly, intensely demanding trip is normal now for contemporary popes. and he's finding it harder and that's what he was saying on the plane — "i have to cut back, and, yes, that door is