Rats bring road chaos to city T

Saturday 24 July 1999 00:02 BST

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Rats bring road chaos to city

TRAFFIC CHAOS choked Derby yesterday when signals at one of the busiest junctions failed, causing severe delays for commuters and long tailbacks, all because a family of river rats went house-hunting. Engineers said they nested in a handy, warm control box and gnawed through the power cables.

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