Call the Midwife is back on BBC One and during a refuse collector strike, a huge pile of rubbish quickly forms near Nonnatus House. The unsanitary conditions start to attract rats, causing an outbreak ...

Measles was one of the deadliest infectious diseases for children prior to 1915. But in just two decades from 1915 in the UK, ...

Birmingham residents face a 7.5 per cent council tax rise, despite ongoing issues with waste on the city's streets ...

The final chapter closed yesterday on a life of sectarian murder with the funeral of loyalist serial killer Clifford McKeown.

Rat populations can quickly become out of control in large urban areas where access to food and shelter is plentiful. Rats ...