Village terrorized by slimy black fungus

A Scottish village is covered in slimy back fungus - and the locals are sick of having to wash it off their homes and cars. Villagers in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, have had to fork out hundreds of pounds on power hoses and spend hours on end cleaning up the goo.

But every time they get rid of the slime, it comes back. As well as houses, paths and cars, it covers signs, public buildings and anything else in its path. The muck has been blamed on fumes from the local whiskey warehouse, run by booze giants Diageo.

Bosses at the multi-billion pound firm deny being responsible. The fungus is also a pain for Clackmannanshire Council. The road signs in Tullibody need the most cleaning in the county.

But there's no solution in sight. And Diageo and the Scotch Whiskey Association have washed their hands of the problem. The association say the slime is also found in areas with no whiskey industry, and Diageo say research found "no direct link" between whiskey fumes and the fungus.

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