pests


A woman in northern India admits chopping off the head of a man she says tried to rape her and says she has no regrets.

Exotic species of spider are setting up home in the UK, making the best of an increasingly mild climate.

Researchers develop a potential new method of making plants significantly more resistant to pests.

Work to clear the Menai Strait of an American pest shellfish is successful - but the hunt continues.

Graffiti artist Banksy refuses to authenticate five works up for auction in London this weekend.

Mice, ant, rat and fly outbreaks are among the more than 300 discovered at NHS sites in Tayside.

A golf ball pest leads to an unusual series of complaints in Bedfordshire, police say.

An NHS trust has accused the Tory Party of misrepresenting information after it was listed in the worst 50 hospitals for infestations.

A Devon hospital refutes claims it has a "pest control problem" after its inclusion in a national report.

Patients and staff share their experiences of encountering pests in NHS hospitals

The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by invasions of rats, fleas and cockroaches, claims a report.

Some hospitals across the West Midlands have reported invasions of wasps, flies and cockroaches, a report claims.

A list of NHS trusts in England which have called in pest controllers on a regular basis.

A former pest-control officer found himself eating insects to survive after he lost his bearings in the Australian Outback.

A wanted list of foreign 'pest' shellfish is issued to mussel farmers along the Menai Straits in north Wales.

The fast-growing leylandii hedge - often a bone of contention between neighbours - is under attack from aphids.

Bumblebees may be showing an increasingly common behaviour of feeding on secretions from aphids.

The All England Club has come under fire from animal welfare groups for shooting pigeons at Wimbledon. But what is the legality of this 'pest control'?

Police hunt a man who indecently assaulted three teenage girls in the space of 40 minutes.

Two pest controllers coax a 4ft (1.2m) orange snake into a bag after it was discovered in a boiler in Portsmouth.

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