Will Timms, affectionately known as Birmingham’s “rat man”, might be working harder than anybody else in the city right now.

It’s “ratatouille” – on a whole new level. A man was recently seen casually eating pieces of a dead rat on a Bronx street, according to stomach-churning video posted to social media.

New York City is infamous for its massive rat population, and while most residents do their best to avoid them, one man has taken an entirely different approach—by making them part of his diet.

As rubbish continued to pile up on the streets of the UK’s second-largest city, a man donned a rat costume to underline his point as he challenged Birmingham City councillors to do something about the ...