ELEVEN Oxfordshire residents have been reported for washing their cars and watering their gardens in Oxfordshire since the hosepipe ban came in.

Thames Water introduced the restrictions across the region in the face of severe drought, but this has not had an impact on water usage in the county, according to the company.

The ban forbids the domestic use of hosepipes and sprinklers in the garden or for washing cars.

The water company said of its eight million customers, 118 overall had been reported for flouting the restrictions in the first few days of the ban.

There are 11 in Oxfordshire but the firm was not able to say from which areas of the county they came.