"2,000 bugs taking a ride in every train compartment" said the Daily Mail. "Cockroaches cluster on trains", scuttled the Telegraph. "Commuters share trains with 1,000 cockroaches, 200 bedbugs and 200 fleas" said the Evening Standard. The figures were all very specific and very frightening.

"Rentokil say they also discovered that a bus was home to 500 cockroaches, along with dozens of fleas and bedbugs," explained the Standard. Those disgusting trains are even worse. "Research by pest controllers Rentokil shows that, on average, a single train compartment houses a staggering 1,000 cockroaches, 200 bed bugs, 200 fleas, 500 dust mites and 100 carpet beetles," said the Mail.

These figures are very specific, and they do all sound a little bit on the high side. Where did they come from? "Staff at Rentokil sprayed insecticide throughout the carriages of a train and a bus and then counted the bodies of insects." said the Standard. Savvas Othon of Rentokil explained in the article: "The bus we studied was within the M25″.