WATCH: Lanarkshire residents sickened over constant rats loose in their gardens

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Sickened Lanarkshire residents have hit out after footage showed rats continually running loose in their back court. The video clips, taken by a local on Kirkwood Street in Rutherglen, show the vermin scampering around near bins at the block of flats.

Fed-up residents say the problem has been going on for months, and are calling on further action from property owners the Link Group.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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It's 2023 and I feel I can't even take things to the bin without being worried. "I know one of the other people here has heard scratching from inside the walls too."I don't think Link have even properly looked at the problem, they