BBC News – Great outdoors? Ticks, pets and the risk of Lyme disease.
This article is worth watching as it outlines the problems that ticks can cause. However the tweezers that the journalist shows are not really suitable – it is much better to use tweezers designed to remove the whole tick without squeezing it. A couple of years ago I purchased a set of Lifeventure Tick Tweezers and I carry them in my pocket sized first aid kit.