A pet owner in Lincoln is broken-hearted after having to put down one of his dogs due to Lyme Disease.

With mosquitoes thriving and allergies raging, there’s one less thing to be ticked off about this summer - deer tick populations are down.

Did you know that ticks are the leading carriers of diseases to humans in the United States, and second only to mosquitoes worldwide.

WALKERS are being warned to take a series of simple precautions in a bid to prevent them contracting Lyme disease.