In fact, in historical terms, the use of a bed for upscale bed-and-breakfast seems positively benevo lent and innocent.

ECONOMIST: Between the sheets

Since the end of World War II the widespread use of these powerful sprays almost wiped out bed bugs, but they also took a terrible toll on human health and on species species including eagles and ospreys.

BBC: Bees on their knees while bed bugs boom

Mr Scargill, 74, said he was given use of the rented three-bed Barbican flat for life when he became NUM president in 1982, a tenure that lasted 20 years.

BBC: Arthur Scargill