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A council said it had received an “alarming number” of calls to tackle bedbugs amid fears that outbreaks in Paris could spread to the UK.

Luton Borough Council issued guidance on what people should do to prepare their homes for “treatment”

Writing on its website, the council said: “The pest control service is currently receiving an alarming number of bedbug jobs on a weekly basis.”

Bedbugs have been reported in cinemas, trains, hospitals and schools amid national panic over the issue in France, with many cases focused on Paris.

Dee Patel, an entomologist, told BBC Three Counties Radio that lavender deterred bed bugs.

He also advised washing at high temperatures, vacuuming often and freezing sheets which stops the bugs from breeding.

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