'It’s the size of a cat': Giant rat found in UK town amid pest control concerns

À supersize rat said to be 22in (56cm) from nose to tail was discovered in Normanby, England. Picture: David Taylor and Stephen Martin — Eston Ward Councillors/Facebook
Cuts to an English council's pest control services are being blamed for a town’s rodent problem, which includes the discovery of a supersize rat said to be 22in (56cm) from nose to tail.
The giant rat, about the length of the carry-on luggage people might be wheeling on to a flight — or, if not on holiday, a desktop monitor — was found inside a person’s home in Normanby a borough near Middlesbrough.