Operations at Coventrys University Hospital were cancelled after a rat was spotted in a corridor.

The day surgery unit at the Walsgrave hospital was shut off on Friday and about 30 patients had their surgery postponed.

Pest control experts were called in after the alarm was raised.

The unit, which is used for performing minor procedures, has since reopened and a spokesman for the hospital stated that the incident was incredibly rare.

The spokesman said: The day surgery unit at University Hospital in Coventry was temporarily closed as a precautionary measure on Friday November 14 after a rat was seen in a corridor near the unit at 7am before any surgery had taken place.

A pest control team were called in and have worked over the weekend to resolve the problem. The problem is contained and the day surgery unit, which performs minor surgical procedures, has now been reopened and services are being delivered normally.

We can confirm that rat droppings were not found in any of the theatres and catering has not been affected, although we have been working with environmental health as a precaution.

This affected less than 30 patients and we would like to apologise unreservedly to them for being affected by this incredibly rare incident.

The news comes just days after the Telegraph revealed that rat catchers have been called out almost 1,600 times in Coventry so far this year.

The citys pest control experts received 1,596 calls to remove rats from homes and streets in the first nine months of 2014.

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Anyone worried about Im A Celebrity-style creepy crawlies overrunning their homes can turn to a new company formed from two independent pest control firms in Kent.

A unified business has been created after Safeguard Pest Control in Westerham and Arrowguard Environmental Services in Ryarsh, near West Malling, joined forces last week.

The merger retains both company identities, to cause no disruption to customers and suppliers.

Two Kent companies have merged to form a new pest control business. Picture: iStock.com

Boths firms services will be brought together to improve support for their clients, offering wider protection to offices, schools, hospitals, housing, commercial estates and the construction industry.

A statement on the merger was issued by Arrowhead managing director Ken Hazeltine and Safeguard directors Tim Sheehan and Paul Butterick.

It said: This integration of two successful, long-standing companies allows all our customers to obtain the benefits of additional shared resources to guarantee a fast service response and high delivery standards.

This is an exciting opportunity to set higher industry standards and develop long term employment opportunities for our existing staff and prospective new employees.

The companies were advised by consultancy Strategic Management Partners.

Founder Clive Bonny said: This strategic merger of two successful owner-managed companies enables both to now provide a wider range of cost-effective services to commercial facilities managers.

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Posted on November 18, 2014

Elm seed bugs have infested a south Kennewick neighborhood, marking the pest's first appearance in Washington and second in the U.S. (Photo courtesy of GenTek Pest Control, Treasure Valley, Idaho)

Drew Foster Tri-City Herald

KENNEWICK The interlopers arrived in mid-July.

They would cluster around outside walls, bask on windowsills and wander into bedrooms and bathrooms. They posed no harm, but smelled a little funky.

Paul Krupin didnt recognize the uninvited guests at first glance they had never before visited his south Kennewick home. He and his wife, Nancy, leafed through books trying to identify the visitors. They formed theories and consulted experts. The interlopers were positively identified in October.

They were elm seed bugs, and they had never before been found in Washington.

Specimens provided by Krupin, 62, to a local Washington State University Extension office proved to be the first evidence of the nuisance bugs presence in the state and just the second report in the nation. The bugs were first found in 2012 in the Treasure Valley region of western Idaho and eastern Oregon. They are native to south-central Europe and likely entered the U.S. accidentally.

We suspect that they may have tried to overwinter in cargo, said Mike Bush, an entomologist with WSUs Yakima extension office.

Bush said elm seed bugs have likely established themselves in Krupins south Kennewick neighborhood, meaning they wont be leaving. During the hot summer months, Krupin said thousands would congregate around his home and penetrate the building through the smallest of openings.

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Rat catchers have been called out almost 1,600 times in Coventry so far this year.

Coventrys pest control experts received 1,596 calls to remove rats from homes and streets in the first nine months of 2014, latest figures show.

Thats more than in the whole of last year - and one reason could be the milder winters.

The worst rat hot-spots are in the north of the city - with areas such as Foleshill and Longford having the most call outs.

People in the CV6 postcode area have already made around 614 calls for rat removals this year - an increase of 136 applications since 2013.

Phil Hibberd, Pest Control and Animal Welfare Manager for Coventry City Council, said: There is no one factor that has contributed to the increase in the number of rats and the number of call outs we receive. Its a combination of factors.

In some areas of the city, the sewer systems are very old and unfortunately they would cost too much to replace at present.

Milder winters contribute to numbers staying high. The cold isnt killing the rats which allows them to carry on breeding.

Overgrown gardens and litter on the streets also creates a ready food supply for them.

If people dont inform us as soon as they come across pests, then they are given an opportunity to breed, which again increases the number of pests.

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An adult bedbug, known as Cimex lectularius. Photograph: Piotr Naskrecki/Reuters

Pest control experts have warned bed bugs are becoming a growing problem in Dublin hotels , hostels and apartment buildings.

A small number of students at Trinity College Dublin have been forced to leave their campus accommodation after bed bugs took up residence in their apartments.

The college has relocated eight students from two apartments at Goldsmith Hall - at the junction of Westland Row and Pearse Street - to other accommodtion in recent days.

A spokeswoman for Trinity confirmed the college was tackling a bed bug issue and pest-control experts have since been called in to tackle the problem.

She said the students should be able to return to their accommodation by Christmas.

Bed bugs are parasitic insects - about the size of an apple pip - which feed on blood and can easily spread througout hotels, domitories and apartment buildings.

They do not spread disease but they can bite repeatedly and cause irritation to the skin.

Trevor Hayden, managing director of Complete Pest Control, said bed bugs are a growing problem in the Dublin area due possibly to increased air travel and tourism.

Were getting a lot of calls from hotels and hostels but also individuals whove come back from holidays and realised theyve brought them home in their luggage, he said.

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A unit of researchers engaged in the war to save our threatened native birds are outlining their cutting-edge battle plans at the New Zealand Ecological Society Conference at Massey University today.

The group, all from Lincoln University and Lincoln Agritech led research programmes, are presenting the results of their three-pronged approach which covers surveillance to pinpoint and monitor the enemy (in this case introduced pest animals), the development of effective toxins for them, and refining ways to selectively dispatch them.

Department of Ecology Senior Lecturer Dr James Ross described the work as world-leading, and said it could help lead to the sustained control of pests like stoats, which are dramatically reducing the numbers of kiwis in the wild. The research was carried out with Ministry of Business and Innovation funding and were part of programmes called Pest Control for the 21st Century and "Completing the Arsenal for Possum and Tuberculosis Control".

Over time, he said, all of it could come together to produce an advanced trap which could determine which pest animal has come into it, send a text message to notify the operator, select and deliver the right toxin for that animal, and repeat the feat many times over without the need for servicing. When it does need maintenance another text message could be sent.

Dr Helen Blackie, a former Associate Director at the Universitys Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation, but now of Boffa Miskell, has led the collaborative development of surveillance device PAWS, or Print Application for Wildlife Surveillance, also funded by DOC.

It uses an electronic pad, which animals walk over, to detect which species they are with close to 100 percent accuracy for New Zealand mammalian pests.

In addition to surveillance and detection uses, it could allow the right toxin for the right pest to be applied.

Lincoln Agritech researcher Dr Kenji Irie, also part of the PAWS development team, is looking into extending it to detect pest insects, which could "open up a new era in biosecurity detection.

Dr Ross himself, working with Landcare Research, has developed a DNA device to identify individual possums which will enable an estimation of actual population numbers, thus determining how well control programmes are working. The possum bites the device and DNA is extracted from their saliva and then stored, ensuring the animal is not counted twice.

Professor Charles Eason, Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation Director, has worked to develop some of the first new vertebrate pesticides to be registered in the world for more than 25 years. These include new "red blood cell" toxins which work on the bloodstream and make the animal go to sleep, ensuring a humane death. The toxins work selectively on different animals and the group have already had overseas interest for mongoose control.

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