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Britain is at 'PEAK bed bug' as pesticide-resistant pests overrun trains, hotels and offices across the country

One in every 42 hotel rooms monitored by pest-trap firm Valpas has recorded a bedbug sighting, as infestations surge by up to 25 per cent a year in London.
One in every 42 hotel rooms monitored by pest-trap firm Valpas has recorded a bedbug sighting, as infestations surge by up to 25 per cent a year in London.

Bedbug infestations are surging by up to 25 per cent a year in London and major European cities, with experts warning that resistance to common pesticides is making the crisis harder to contain. Staff at The Guardian's King's Cross offices were sent home to work remotely after repeated bedbug sightings defeated initial treatment. Southeastern pulled two trains from its Hastings depot after drivers refused to board carriages where the pests were crawling on their belongings.

One in every 42 hotel rooms monitored by pest-trap firm Valpas has recorded a bedbug sighting.

A Qantas Boeing 787 was grounded in Rome for a deep clean after economy passengers on a Perth flight complained of bites during the 17-hour journey.

Pest controller JG Pest Control is handling an average of ten bedbug callouts daily, as one London-to-Kent Southeastern service has been dubbed the 'Bedbug Express'.

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