Coronavirus stockpilers wasting unused food are bringing vermin mice rats and ants into homes

Streets up and down Britain are littered with rubbish just one week into lockdown, with bin men off sick, waste collections scaled back and families unable to eat all the food they stockpiled. Several local authorities have stopped collecting food and garden waste because so many bin men are self-isolating. Residents are being told to … Read more

New Orleans streets empty as tourists stay away leaving rats to swarm the city

As tourists and locals have left the streets of New Orleans deserted, rats have quickly taken their place.  With restaurants and bars closed for business, a once reliable food supply for the rodents has all of a sudden been shut off.  Food waste is no longer being discarded on the streets or into nearby trash … Read more

New Orleans streets empty as tourists stay away leaving rats to swarm the city

As tourists and locals have left the streets of New Orleans deserted, rats have quickly taken their place.  With restaurants and bars closed for business, a once reliable food supply for the rodents has all of a sudden been shut off.  Food waste is no longer being discarded on the streets or into nearby trash … Read more

Hantavirus – from rats – caused death of man on bus in China

Man who died on a bus in China tests positive for deadly hantavirus that RATS spread to humans Diagnosis hits as China lifts quarantine restrictions designed to fight Covid-19  Sparked panic on social media but medics say the hantavirus is nothing new  Transmission between humans is rare but hantavirus kills 38 per cent of victims … Read more

Hantavirus – from rats – caused death of man on bus in China

Man who died on a bus in China tests positive for deadly hantavirus that RATS spread to humans Diagnosis hits as China lifts quarantine restrictions designed to fight Covid-19  Sparked panic on social media but medics say the hantavirus is nothing new  Transmission between humans is rare but hantavirus kills 38 per cent of victims … Read more

Bob Geldof on why the time is right for a new Boomtown Rats album

Bob Geldof is close to tears. He is speaking about his daughter Peaches, who died from a drug overdose in 2014, aged 25, and has become overwhelmed by emotion. ‘She was lovely,’ Geldof says, before taking a moment to compose himself. ‘But she was always a frantic child as a little baby. She couldn’t sleep. … Read more