They're far worse than mice, chew electrical wiring, smell awful and you can't exterminate them... how I discovered the new breed of vermin that's terrorising thousands - and this is the area worst affected: ALEXANDRA SHULMAN ⊖

I was moaning to a friend about a mouse I'd discovered running around the kitchen. He had little sympathy. 'At least you don't have glis glis,' was his dismissive response.