Birmingham locals warned rat invasion could lead to awful illness amid bin strike chaos / Residents demand action as rat infestation overwhelms Schiedam's De Gorzen / The UK city in grip of rat 'epidemic' as 100 people hospitalised after attacks / Houston cleaning up 'drug-addicted rats' infestation in evidence property room / Bin strikes: 'We already have rat problems here' / Terschelling starts shooting rats to combat infestation / Coffee chain fined over suspected rat infestation / Malaga triples budget to eradicate rats and other pests after complaints pile up / Six-month-old baby found with 50 rat bites and covered in blood in horror scene / Rat fever cases in state likely to double in four years