Press Association: Global warming has been blamed for an increase in caterpillar infestations which can leave people with severe allergic reactions. In the latest incident, residents of West Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, have been forced to stay indoors or wear protective body suits and face masks to avoid coming into contact with tiny hairs shed by the brown tail moth caterpillars. The insects have set up home in an isolated plot of land next to gardens in the street which has become …