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The city has been plagued by ongoing bin strikes that have seen an estimated 17,000 tonnes of streets piled high with rubbish ...

Experts have warned ongoing bin collection strikes – which has brought 'cat sized rats' to roam the streets of a UK city – ...

A rat named Ronin has made history by becoming the first to detect over 100 landmines, earning a Guinness World Record. Read ...

Ronin, a landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia, has become the first in the world to uncover more than 100 explosives.

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Birmingham has been plagued by ongoing bin strikes, causing streets to pile high with tons of rubbish and the problem could ...