megan mckenna speaking to victoria. some breaking news.the sun and with temperatures set to reach 37 degrees by friday, there seems to be no end in sight to the heatwave. well, a drought here in the uk back in 1976 led to standpipes being introduced on streets, as a hosepipe ban took effect. we are going to show you now how the bbc covered the impact of the hot weather throughout much of the country back then. # feeling hot hot hot — the merrymen. the water authority are screwing up the taps even tighter now, because water is still being used too fast. the reserves in the reservoirs are dwindling rapidly. 0ne reservoir has only two weeks supply left. other other major reservoirs have between five and ten weeks to go. so families who've got used to being without water at night will be without water on tap for much of the day. the mood is one of resignation. what about the people in the desert? they've got to manage, we'll manage. how will you manage? well you won't bath so often will you ? i haven't got a garden to water. that's what we don