Paris bedbugs: BBC correspondent goes on the hunt as infestations soar

Panic over an increasing number of bedbug infestations has swept across Paris, raising questions about health and safety during next year’s Olympic Games.

The number of bedbug sightings has increased over the last weeks – and that that upward trend goes back several years.

Unconfirmed sightings of the insect have been reported in cinemas, and there have claims people have been bitten on trains.

The BBC’s Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield went to try and see them first hand.