So who WAS the Chatty Rat who blabbed about Boris Johnson’s bike ride seven miles from Downing Street? ‘Chance sighting’ of PM in the Olympic Park raises suspicions of repeat of last year’s furore over Cabinet leak fears PM appeared to be contravening official guidance on exercise during lockdown This explicitly states that participants should … Read more
Residents of the wealthy New England enclave of Nantucket are turning on each other after a COVID-19 outbreak on the prestigious island. Nantucket’s normal year-round population is 11,000 people, living on a 13-mile island located 30 miles south of Cape Cod. As of June 2020, the average home value was about $2.9 million, according to … Read more
Take RAT! Moment Red Squirrel kills helpless rodent after face-off on tree branch when it dared to intrude on its territory These are the last moments of a rat who died following a fight with a red squirrel in Blairgowrie, Perthshire Amateur wildlife photographer Jock Elliott had planned to spend the day documenting Red Squirrels The … Read more
Katie Price was seen screaming in horror after a huge rat jumped out of her mobility scooter in her latest YouTube offering shared on Friday. The former glamour model, 42, looked startled as she discovered the rodent had hidden under one of her rear wheels after first scuttling under a sofa. In the chaotic video … Read more
Fat rat is freed from a manhole by firefighters – but not before the rotund rodent chomps one of the men saving it Volunteer fire brigade rescued rat stuck in manhole cover in Germany yesterday They arrived around 4.45pm in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate The rat bit into one of the rescuer’s gloves when they reached … Read more
Not since Remy from Pixar’s Ratatouille has a rat’s nose done more for mankind… Magawa, a giant African pouched rat, has been awarded the animal equivalent of a George Cross for detecting landmines in Cambodia. The animal, the first rat to win the prestigious PDSA Gold Medal, has discovered 39 landmines and 28 items of … Read more
Boom crown rat: Magawa the bomb disposal rodent is awarded animal George Cross after discovering dozens of explosive devices Bomb disposal rat Magawa scratches the top of the ground when he detects a landmine which alerts handlers He can search tennis court size area in 30 minutes which can take a human and metal detector up … Read more
Police declare major incident after ‘very toxic’ rat poison that emits poisonous gas if placed in water is taken from stolen van Greater Manchester Police recovered the stolen van on July 1 in Blackley, Lancashire An unspecified quantity of the rat poison Talunex had been taken from the van Talunex emits toxic gas when touching … Read more
Coronation Street’s Jack P Shepherd has recounted an incident in which he was recently attacked by a rat while taking the bins out. The soap star – who plays David Platt on Corrie – told the tale on the podcast Sofa Cinema Club which is hosted by his cobbles co-stars Colson Smith and Ben Price. The … Read more
Stomach-churning moment seagull swallows entire RAT in front of horrified onlookers on street in Rome Seagull is filmed putting rat from the pavement into its beak and swallowing it The clip was filmed in Rome, Italy which has seen less tourists due to lockdown Onlookers watched as the bird swallowed rat whole with tail sticking … Read more