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'Invincible mutant super-rats' spreading across the UK

Rats carry diseases such as the bubonic plague and can damage homes and public property

Dina Rickman
Friday 27 June 2014 12:12 BST
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Mutant “super rats” that have become immune to common poisons are spreading across Britain, scientists have warned.

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