Friends claim they were left with 200 bites from bed bugs after a night in a two-star £170 Blackpool hotel - Marian Pearson, 60, and Sharon Haslam, 65, fled the Calypso Hotel after they woke up to find themselves covered in a red itchy rash.

A pair of friends say they were left with 200 bites from bed bugs after a night in a Blackpool hotel. Marian Pearson, 60, and Sharon Haslam, 65, fled the Calypso Hotel after they woke up to find themselves covered in a red itchy rash. They had made a 'last minute' booking at the hotel for two nights, from September 9 to 10, so they could join eight other pals for a birthday bash in the seaside resort.