Will 2014 be the year of the rat if Cambridge City Council axes its pest control team?
Infestations will spread unchecked if Cambridge City Council goes ahead with plans to axe its pest control team, unions fear. The...
Pest control called 771 times in two-and-a-half years
PEST control has been summoned to hospitals in one city a staggering 771 times in two-and-a-half years. Among the call-outs were an...
Row over pest control report
Council chiefs have hit out at figures which suggest call outs for incidents of pest control are among the highest in the country....
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Councils in the North East hit top 10 for pest control call outs
According to a recent survey, homes in the North have been subjected to a higher rate of infestations than the rest of the UK Rats, mice,...
Hospitals call in pest control 295 times in eight months
Figures show that environmental experts were asked to remove rats, mice, cockroaches and fleas at hospitals run by Pennine Acute Trust...
Pest control call outs increase in Chiltern
WASP infestations nearly trebled in the Chiltern district last year, with the area's pest control teams among the busiest in the country....
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One million cockroaches escape from Chinese farm
At least one million cockroaches have reportedly escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine. The...