Giant rats size of cats are roaming the streets of Birmingham in a literally growing problem. More than 5,100 rat alerts were recorded in the second city last year, with pest controllers now 'only just keeping things under control' Giant rats the size of CATS are roaming the streets of Birmingham. That is the startling claim of a second city pest controller who says he saw a rodent measuring a whopping TWO FEET on his travels. More than 5,100 rat alerts were recorded last year in what is proving a literally growing problem in the city. Colin Watts told the Birmingham Mail: "One of the biggest I’ve seen must have been 14 or 15 inches long.
“That was just the body, without the tail. This revelation comes just a matter of days after a huge rodent - dubbed "Ratzilla" - was snared in Sweden. The Bengtsson-Korsas family first thought it was just a little mouse that had their cat chasing its tail until they made the gruesome discovery. In Germany, 42-inch monstrosities have taken over the city of Halle, and could be on their way to Ireland.
“We just about keep things under control.” Britain covered in layer of dust after storms carry sand from Sahara desert. Unusual atmospheric conditions have blown up sandstorm from AfricaThin layer of dust seen today in areas including Cornwall and London10/10 air pollution forecast for London for tomorrow and WednesdayTemperatures hit 20.9C yesterday and today is expected to be as hot By Mark Duell Published: 12:41 GMT, 31 March 2014 | Updated: 17:21 GMT, 31 March 2014 Britons woke up this morning to find their homes and cars covered in dust from the Sahara Desert.
Unusual atmospheric conditions have blown up a sandstorm from Africa - and a thin layer of dust was seen today in areas of southern England including Cornwall and Greater London. The Met Office has forecast a ten out of ten level of air pollution for London for tomorrow and Wednesday, with warnings that the dust will this week cause one of the worst smogs of the year. Scroll down for video Moving: The dust, shown in pink within the red circle, is carried within clouds, shown in red, to the UK, where it falls within rain showers.
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Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Scottish nationalist leaders will attempt this week to give the trailing yes campaign a boost by revealing a series of measures aimed at showing what an independent country would look like. Seeking to capitalise on the arguments this week about "bullying" England and keeping the pound, they will unveil an ambitious scheme to scrap the current – English inspired – road signage system. M for motorway will be replaced with a new S – for Scotland and the A trunk roads will become N roads – for Nationalist in honour of the new country. Blue will be the predominant backing colour. The scale of the scheme is enormous: Scotland has 2,174 miles of road, including the 273-mile long A9 stretching from Edinburgh to John O'Groats – known as the "spine of Scotland".
It is estimated that 58,000 signs will have to be replaced – scrapping the famous road sign font known as "Transport" with a new Celtic-tinged typeface, Proclaimer.