And with the new £24 'rat tax' some fear that a deadly disease could be on the rise. Leptospirosis - otherwise known as 'Weil's disease' - is thought to be carried by animals such as rats ...

Glasgow has been named the worst area in Scotland for rat infestations. The city council received 13,607 callouts last year, more than the combined total of the other nine local authorities in ...

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 ...

'Rat fever’ that causes bleeding from the eyes has killed a staggering 122 people - and infected 3700 more - with people urged to ‘stay at home’. Lassa fever - spread by infected rodents ...

Sophos researchers found a new variant of PJobRAT Android RAT now targets Taiwanese users The RAT can run shell commands and exfiltrate data PJobRAT, an Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT ...

The organisation further alleges that the teacher pressured the pupil into terminating her first pregnancy by forcing her to ingest rat poison. “The learner later became pregnant again by the same ...

Gardeners are being told they face a fine and up to 51 weeks in prison for using an illegal rat deterrent. Glue traps were made illegal for public use in a new law in 2022, and now anyone who isn ...

A charming Mediterranean island known for its turquoise water and sandy beaches has now turned into a rat-infested, litter-strewn “disaster” zone, it has been reported. Comino, a popular ...

The giant pouched rat has been named by the Belgian charity as its most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) for uncovering 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021, Apopo said ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE RSPCA is urging people to "be kind to rats" on World Rat Day. It wants people to challenge their perceptions and recognise the ...

But Mr Timms says the scale of the crisis is “unbelievable” – in particular, the scale of rat infestations which has hit an authority covering more than 100 square miles and serving more ...