Help Me Pest Control

15/10/2025

The mum of two says the smell of rotting rats has been unbearable for her children, one of whom has autism.

15/10/2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cvg4rgw46g4o

Cardiff City have defended their pest control policy after a rat made an appearance on the pitch during the second half of Wales' World Cup qualifier against Belgium.

14/10/2025

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-spider-was-caught-eating-a-shrew-and-you-cant-unsee-this

Most spiders pose very little danger to humans, including the notorious noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis).

24/09/2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjedkpdjqnpo.amp

A cockroach infestation in an illegal kitchen has resulted in immediate closure by Reading Council.

19/09/2025

This is just tragic

Marissa Laimou was found dead after being turned away from two hospitals, according to her mother

18/09/2025

This is a very typical account of how these insects turn people's lives upside down

A Southampton grandmother has told of 'a living hell' where she is being 'eaten alive' by bedbugs without any help from her housing association.

17/09/2025

The UK has been invaded by Asian hornets this summer - with twice as many sightings of the bee-killing pest.

17/09/2025

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-pest-khapra-beetle-larvae-nappy-brand-b2828031.html

Khapra beetle larvae, a top threat to Australia’s grains, don’t pose any immediate health risk to humans but are a biosecurity concern

15/09/2025

This is a very common story.

Just out of interest, the picture of hers the BBC has printed to show a bedbug is not a bedbug - it's a beetle.

Hollie Honeyman, from Kent, says some of her suspected bed bug bites needed medical attention.

25/04/2025

04/03/2025

So much to say...

Residents say bedbugs have returned despite council pest controllers spraying them.

04/03/2025

They are getting bigger

Brummies have spoken of their disgust after huge rats have moved into the filth left behind by a bin strike, with an increase in fly-tipping and HS2 building work also blamed