Farm warned after Willington is 'plagued' by flies

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Farm warned after Willington is 'plagued' by flies
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Residents and business owners say the winged insects are causing them major problems.

A warning notice has been issued to a poultry farm after people in a village complained about being swarmed by a "plague" of flies.

The farm has not been named by the council, but local egg producer Betty's Farm told the BBC it had experienced an increase in flies two weeks ago.The council said its warning notice was issued on 9 August and required a "revised fly management plan" to be submitted to the council within seven days. "It's getting very warm in her room but we can't open windows for her as we would like to because of the fly situation," she said.

"We can put one of the sticky ones up and you can come in in the morning - and it's a couple of feet long - and it will be full overnight.

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