This flying horror’s why New York never sleeps

You think Wimbledon’s flying ants are bad? Pity poor New Yorkers, who had to deal with an invasion of flying cockroaches last year.

Following a sustained heatwave, the bugs left their dark hidey-holes and took to the air, where they flew around for exercise.

An entomologist described their passage across Manhattan rooms as ‘silent glides’. Shriek.

one woman called 911 to report ‘a flying cockroach in my apartment’. While disproving of wasting the time of the emergency services, I can’t say I blame her — and apparently the airborne beasts are back this year. Double shriek.

No wonder the city never sleeps. Which reminds me, if you are having trouble nodding off in these hot, muggy nights, may I pass on an ingenious tip?

Fill a hot water bottle with ice and cold water — or iced water — and place it in your bed half an hour before you retire. It chills down your sheets delightfully.