Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...

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The Rat may be small but, due to its quick-wittedness, it takes the No.1 spot in the 12-year cycle of animals in the Chinese zodiac. Legend has it that it hitched a ride on the back of the Ox in ...

Kim Blakeman said some of the rats were the size of small cats Opposition parties have described the £24 charge as a "rat tax" but the authority said it was cheaper than neighbouring authorities.