{"id":199780,"date":"2025-06-20T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/199780\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:54:12","slug":"watch-big-rat-spark-panic-in-birmingham-city-centre-as-bin-strike-rumbles-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/199780\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch big rat spark panic in Birmingham city centre as bin strike rumbles on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rat was filmed jumping up from behind a man&#8217;s leg in Chamberlain Square<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_NWP_BEM_181023Rats_01JPGjpgB.jpg\" alt=\"A rat in Birmingham city centre (picture taken in 2023)\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A rat in Birmingham city centre (picture taken in 2023)(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A large rat sparked sudden panic when it was filmed darting through <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham city centre<\/a> as the city&#8217;s long-running bin strike rumbled on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Footage shared online showed the rodent leap from behind a man&#8217;s leg as he relaxed on the steps in Chamberlain Square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The panic was evident on his face as he shot up and tried to kick the rodent away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/barr-beacon-goes-up-huge-31895268\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Barr Beacon goes up in huge blaze as fire crews rush to scene<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Probably equally as startled, the rat narrowly avoided being captured in a gull&#8217;s beak as it scurried away up the steps and into a bush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The video of the great escape, which you can see below, was accompanied with the Mission Impossible theme tune playing over the top.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was shared to Instagram page <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DLF5L8Yo960\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Brum Life&#8217;<\/a> with the caption &#8216;meanwhile in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Some found humour in the encounter but others slammed <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-council\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City Council<\/a> for failing to break the bin strike deadlock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">User a3ads commented below the post: &#8220;Thank you city council. You have now created a rat problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another said: &#8220;This is what happens when you don&#8217;t collect bins on time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Calaena Aelin however focused on how the rat looked &#8220;sweet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She said: &#8220;Rats are so cute when they hop like that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;They&#8217;re actually such sweet creatures. Very playful like a kitten.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A fourth said: &#8220;For crying out loud, they too are part of nature. It&#8217;s not their fault.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Agreeing, Michelle Slater added: &#8220;I don&#8217;t like them but they&#8217;re just part of urban life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Talks to end Birmingham&#8217;s bin strike are expected to resume next week when council chiefs and Unite, the union representing striking refuse workers, return to the negotiation table.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rat was filmed jumping up from behind a man&#8217;s leg in Chamberlain SquareA rat in Birmingham city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,7831,983,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-199780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-bin-strike","10":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114715562452228896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}