Britain's potato farmers face a battle with a menace which has not been seen in our fields since the Queen's silver jubilee year.
Colorado beetles, which swarm like a plague of locusts and can devastate crops, were last recorded in the UK in 1977- a year after one of the hottest summers and worst droughts in living memory.
Farmers thought they'd seen the last of the pest which can completely strip the leaves from potato plants. But to their horror, DEFRA said today that a Colorado potato beetle has been found in Kent.
