Residents of Drews Lane, Washwood Heath, an area already known as a rat hotspot, have found rodents chewing through car cables and nesting in bonnets and wheelie bins. Kim Blakeman, who lives on the ...

Rats, the size of cats, have been attacking cars in a Birmingham neighbourhood, with one even running over someone’s foot.

One resident told the BBC he had trapped 17 rats in two months while others have found infestations in wheelie bins. Opposition parties have described the £24 charge as a "rat tax" but the authority ...