Rodent said to be 22in (56cm) long from nose to tail found in Normanby, where rat problem is said to be worsening

Hundreds of Redcar and Cleveland residents expressed their shock and disgust after a picture of the supersized rodent was posted on social media by local councillors.

Conservative councillors blame Labour-run council for the supersized rodent after it ended pest control services for residents

The gigantic rodent is thought to be the biggest in the UK

Rodent said to be 22in (56cm) long from nose to tail found in Normanby, where rat problem is said to be worsening

This latest specimen is even bigger than the Dorset mega-rat of 2018 – and just one sign of a problem that keeps growing ...

Local officials in North Yorkshire, England, shared a photo of a massive rat found inside a local home that measured more than 22 inches from nose to tail.

David Taylor and Stephen Martin are representatives for a northeast England region. They shared an image of the large rat on July 28. See it.

Rat catcher Jaime Lawrence, of Exopest Ltd, says Middlesbrough residents are probably suffering thanks to historical council cutbacks.