Rats feasting on an ‘absolute banquet’ of rotting food in city hit by bin strike

Huge rats the size of a small cat running round the Streets of Birmingham as the bin strike continues (Picture: Jeremy Selwyn)Rats and other rodents pose a ‘huge’ health risk amid the build-up of mountains of rubbish amid Birmingham’s ongoing bin strike, pest control experts have warned.Nearly 400 council bin workers walked out last Tuesday as part of a row over jobs and pay.Grahame Turner, technical manager at the National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA), advised affected