THERE are rats the size of cats in this UK city and mountains of rubbish along the streets. Residents have complained that ...

Residents in parts of inner-city Birmingham are furious at the rodent invasion, which is being blamed on overflowing bins ...

THERE are rats the size of cats in this UK city and mountains of rubbish along the streets. Residents have complained that the area "stinks" and you can't turn a corner without tripping over heaps ...

Naida Bi and her husband, Ali, have spent thousands of pounds repairing the damage that rats have caused to their back garden in Ward End, Birmingham – most recently £9,000 on a new garden shed ...

Locals say swathes of Sparkhill, Aston, Balsall Heath and Selly Park, are already being overrun by rats feasting off rubbish and rotting food. One Tariq Mohammed, 70, who lives in Sparkhill ...

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence ...

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Rats and other rodents are posing a "huge" public health risk amid the ongoing bin strikes in Birmingham, a pest control expert has warned. The rodents are said to be flourishing on the "banquet ...