Guardian’s head office infested with BEDBUGS in fresh blow to newspaper’s push to get journalists back into the office

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The Guardian's head office has been found to be infested with bedbugs in a fresh blow to the newspaper's push to get journalists back into the office.

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Senior employees have enlisted help from pest controllers to attempt to tackle the vermin around the newsroom in King's Cross.But staffers will be allowed to work from home while the experts get a grip on the infestation.Earlier in September, they carried out an initial deep clean across the second floor of its headquarters - but it was not enough.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Staff have already made further reports of bedbugs around the office.The company's chiefs penned an email to their juniors, allowing them to work from home if they did not want to work in the office while the pests are purged.The email said: "We appreciate this might be unsettling for some staff."Following the bedbug surge, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) sent staff a link to a Guardian article about the dangers of the insects.The organisation also...

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