Water divining is one of those things that sounds utterly improbable until you see it for yourself. For me, it happened last summer. Workmen were digging trenches in our garden and we were all ...

The BBC’s John Humphrys has been mocked after arguing in favour of water divining, otherwise known as dowsing, a practice backed up by no scientific evidence and dismissed as ‘medieval witchcraft’ by ...

Roman Dubinchak still gets excited when he finds water. "Every day when you strike water it's a great feeling because you know you're changing someone's life to a degree, giving them a resource that ...

Water divining is a method that dates back to the 1500s and is still used today as a means of locating underground water.

The ancient art of water divining is being used by a utility company engineer to locate and fix burst water pipes, it was disclosed today. Steve Robinson, a technician for United Utilities, dumps his ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Several of Britain’s biggest water companies have said their engineers still use dowsing rods to divine the ...

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The ancient art of water divining is being practised by an engineer with a utility company to find burst pipes. The ancient art of water divining is being practised by an engineer with a utility ...

Dowsing - the art of trying to find sources of water and other materials below the ground using nothing but a twig or rod as an apparatus - is something that has been attempted for centuries. But ...

Thames Water is still using the ancient dowsing method to hunt for leaks, despite scientists saying it doesn’t work. The company, which services nearly 15million homes, has admitted some of their ...

The BBC’s John Humphrys has been mocked after arguing in favour of water divining, otherwise known as dowsing, a practice backed up by no scientific evidence and dismissed as ‘medieval witchcraft’ by ...