Local Authority News | Pest Magazine https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/local-authority Wed, 07 May 2025 05:36:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 More bin lorry drivers join Birmingham strike https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/more-bin-lorry-drivers-join-birmingham-strike.html Wed, 07 May 2025 05:00:39 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=12108 More Birmingham City Council bin truck drivers have joined the strike still blighting the city, leaving the council scrambling to get vehicles out to collect rubbish. Reports are emerging of [...]

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]]> Council tenant wins compensation after being “forced to live with rats for 18 months” https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/council-tenant-wins-compensation-after-being-forced-to-live-with-rats-for-18-months.html Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:00:41 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=11768 A tenant, who had been ‘living with rats’ for 18 months in her high rise flat, was ignored by Birmingham City Council, and the local authority has been ordered to [...]

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]]> Residents in Brighton flats itching to move over return of bed bugs https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/residents-in-brighton-flats-itching-to-move-over-return-of-bed-bugs.html Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:00:49 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=11764 Tenants at a block of flats in Brighton say they are eager to move out after the return of bedbugs, despite council pest controllers spraying them. Residents at Kingfisher Court [...]

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]]> Ealing Council urges business to root out poor pest control services https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/ealing-council-urges-business-to-root-out-poor-pest-control-services.html Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:00:46 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=11427 Local businesses in Ealing, London, are being urged to make sure they aren’t stung by poor pest control services that land them in trouble and could risk them being closed [...]

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]]> Bolton Council to offer free rat catching service as rodent infestations rise https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/bolton-council-to-offer-free-rat-catching-service-as-rodent-infestations-rise.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 06:00:13 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=10953 A free service to control rats in homes is to be introduced by Bolton Council after neighbours fell out over ‘who owns the rats’. The decision was made after the [...]

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]]> Carmarthenshire Council considering launching in-house pest control service https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/carmarthenshire-council-considering-launching-in-house-pest-control-service.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 06:00:30 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=10934 Carmarthenshire County Council said it is looking to create an in-house pest control service in a move welcomed by a council committee. The local authority used to operate a pest [...]

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]]> Rats are on the rise in Cardiff as companies and council report increase in call-outs https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/rats-are-on-the-rise-in-cardiff-as-companies-and-council-report-increase-in-call-outs.html Wed, 28 Feb 2024 06:00:12 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=10879 Pest control call-outs and rat sightings have gone up in the Welsh capital, according to figures from Cardiff Council. The statistics show that pest control callouts to the council’s own [...]

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]]> Shropshire Council ends pest control service and makes four pest controllers redundant https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/shropshire-council-ends-pest-control-service-and-makes-four-pest-controllers-redundant.html Fri, 28 Jul 2023 05:00:29 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=10370 Shropshire Council has served redundancy notices to its pest control team, as the local authority has ended its pest control service to residents, in an attempt to save costs. The [...]

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]]> New proofing service is paying dividends https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/new-proofing-service-is-paying-dividends.html Wed, 25 Jan 2023 07:00:45 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=9897 A new ‘proofing’ service is proving so successful that it has halved repeat infestations of rats and mice. London Network for Pest Solutions has a contract with a local authority [...]

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]]> Rat problem in Milton Keynes leads to calls for Anglian Water to help https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/news/local-authority/rat-problem-in-milton-keynes-leads-to-calls-for-anglian-water-to-help.html Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:00:23 +0000 https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/?p=9890 A rat problem in Milton Keynes has led to calls for the local water company, Anglia Water, to intervene. Councillors have admitted that the rodent population has proved “problematic” in [...]

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