Times (UK): At least one benefit has resulted from the worst winter to grip the Highlands in decades. Billions of midges have frozen to death hibernating in the ground, according to the world’s leading expert on the biting beastie. The news will be greeted with joy by the country’s tourist operators. The Scottish tourism industry is estimated to lose about £300 million a year in badly bitten vistors who swear never to return after being breakfasted upon by the voracious and swarming …