Councillors grappling with the Birmingham bin strike found themselves facing questions from their worst nemesis as they met to discuss the crisis - a giant rat. A man in full rodent costume ...

Writing for the Sunday Express, Mr Hollinrake said: “Diseases like rat-bite fever, Weil’s disease and Ricketts are no longer distant threats — they’re real, and they’re on Birmingham’s ...

WARMER weather could transform Birmingham’s rat-infested rubbish piles into deadly health hazards, experts warn. As mounds of rotting waste pile up on the streets and temperatures soar to 21C ...

A veterinary nurse's pet rats have been creating mini paintings which are being sold to people around the world. The rodents, who are owned by Somerset resident Steph Toogood, make the art by ...