Mosquitoes that spread potentially deadly tropical diseases have been found in the UK. Eggs of an Aedes albopictus - known as the tiger mosquito - were found in a surveillance trap at a motorway service station in Kent.

The discovery was the first time tiger mozzies, which can transmit multiple disorders -including dengue, chikungunya and Zika to humans, had been detected in Britain since 2019. And the eggs of another species capable of spreading deadly tropical diseases, Aedes aegypti, were found at a freight storage facility near Heathrow Airport.

Invasive mosquito species could become "established" in the UK as climate change makes it a more suitable habitat, experts have warned. A new report by the Centre for Climate and Health Security, part of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHS

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