All news on the topic: Giant rats

Rats are known to cause damage to crops and plants, transmit dangerous diseases to humans, and create structural problems, so it's important to act quickly if you suspect you have a problem

Rats can be a real nuisance in the garden, but there are natural ways to deter them without using traps or poison. Here are two methods that experts recommend

A leading pest expert has explained just how you can 'rat-proof' your home amidst the terrifying news that these pests are only getting bigger, sneakier and smarter

Pest controller Kieran Sampler from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, has caught thousands of rats in his work - but vividly remembers one in particular that measured longer than a Yorkshire terrier

Kieran Sampler, 29, founded a Facebook page called Yorkshire Rat Pack where he shares jobs and supports other rat catchers - but he's received hundreds of death threats

Retired hospitality worker Wendy King spotted the huge rodent right outside her back door. She said it looked more "like a rabbit" and was "very docile in nature"

Deborah Barrett, from Stockbridge in Merseyside, has been without her beloved Nissan Note for months after the sensor wires were chewed following a local rat infestation

Here is a list of seven clever ways to stop rats from invading your home after a spike in cases with pest controllers saying they have been inundated with calls this winter

Pest control boss Sean Whelan, managing director of HPC247 Whelan Pest Prevention, has recalled some of the very worst horror stories from his job including pests invading some people's beds as they slept

The UK's rat population has been taking over householders' homes while they were away from their properties over the festive break Some residents have returned to find their homes disturbed by vermin

19-year-old Lilliana and her friend had settled down to watch "Wonka" at the AMC Operheum in New York when rats suddenly ran around their shoes during the previews

Bin men are unable to collect rubbish safely as the vermin have completely overwhelmed some neighbourhoods with refuse collectors hospitalised with rat bites

Dozens of furious renters in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, are withholding their monthly payments until their housing association steps in to rid them of their pest problem that has been going on for two years

A Glasgow union has warned the rat infestation is having a 'detrimental effect' on the mental health of workers, due to the health hazards posed by the grim vermin

A resident told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that flytipping is an ongoing issue and has attracted pests in an alleyway in North Ormesby

New York council member Julie Menin has revealed she's identified a successful rat-killing method that has a 'remarkable reduction' in vermin on the affluent Upper East Side

The shocked resident, who was out for a walk in Leith, Edinburgh, when she saw the gigantic brown rat hanging from a branch and munching on birdseed

Councillor Colin Ferguson called for action from Newcastle City Council and Urban Green Newcastle, who manage the city's green spaces, to tackle the city's vermin problem

A seven-year-old girl was left trembling with fear after a 'massive' rat invaded a children's playground in Glasgow at the Happy Children's Park and hid under a roundabout

Council bosses has launched an investigation into the 'dire state' of the empty home in Arnold, Nottingham, where one neighbour found a dead rat in her garden

Mutant ‘super rats’ have been plaguing the streets of Britain as overflowing rubbish builds amidst a series of bin strikes - they're also becoming harder to get rid of

A derelict bungalow, formerly known as White Wings, has been dragging down the prices of surrounding houses on West Cliff Gardens in Herne Bay, Kent, residents have complained

Camille Oladokun has vowed never to eat at McDonald's again after staff beat a giant rat to death in front of her and her daughter's eyes as they dined at the London Westfield branch

A plump rat's playful antics near an "A"-graded health inspection sign at the Dixon Place theatre in downtown Manhattan, New York City, were captured in a TikTok video

Rats have been seen helping themselves to baby formula left in a chemist shop in Glasgow, which has remained closed since a fire in August 2022 ravaged a nearby business