Rat catchers across Birmingham have seen business double as a result of the bin strike, but one pest controller did not welcome the boom in business and expressed disgust at the state of their city.

Sky News Rat catcher tackling Birmingham's bins problem Posted: 2 April 2025 | Last updated: 2 April 2025 Pest controllers across Birmingham are in such demand at the moment, they told Sky News ...

William is Birmingham’s ‘rat catcher’, trying to shoot down the city’s exploding rat population, which is feasting on over 22,000 tonnes of dumped rubbish. As striking bin workers refused ...

It's a sunny weekday morning and many commuters are heading to their desks no doubt hoping they won't be too busy. But one firm is working overtime dealing with a massive increase in callouts because ...

Birmingham's top rat catcher is swamped amidst the city's bin strike, and now a pest control expert has issued a chilling warning that the situation could escalate dramatically. According to a ...

What do you think? Camilla McCormick, Dromard, Co Sligo I think your dog is not a Jack Russell anyway as these are great rat catchers. Rats’ incisor teeth have open roots and continue to grow ...

Follow live updates. Fears fewer ‘rat-catchers’ risk Defence paralysis Prominent people were asked to propose one policy initiative they believed political parties should pledge to do ...

The Tories have slammed Labour-run Birmingham council after it was revealed the authority has launched free rat catching services for residents as the bin strike shows no sign of going away.

“And I know Army logistics have been called in to Birmingham but I suspect what we need are going to be some soldiers pretty damn quickly, and an army of rat catchers and lots of terrier men and ...

Joseph McHale, a rat-catcher from Vergo Pest Management, told Sky News at the beginning of April that discarded bin bags provide vermin with "somewhere to hide, somewhere to feed, somewhere to ...

"What has really struck me is just how completely unhygienic this is, this is going to be a health hazard." Tom met with a rat catcher, who has been visiting at least 17 houses a day since the strike ...