Residents have been left disgusted after an enormous 22-inch rat was found in a home in Redcar and Cleveland.
Hundreds expressed their shock and disgust after a picture of the supersized rodent was posted on social media by local councillors.
Conservative Party councillors David Taylor and Stephen Martin criticised the Labour-run council for its inaction and called for a full vermin study to be carried out across the borough.
The rat, which has a potentially record-breaking size in UK terms, was discovered recently in a property in the Normanby area by a pest controller who had been called to investigate.
It is unknown how it accessed the property, which it is believed to have been nesting in, but rats had been reported in back alleys nearby.
