内容摘要：About 93% of applications for compensation have been rejected by the Ministry of Justice since 2016, government figures show.

About 93% of applications for compensation have been rejected by the Ministry of Justice since 2016, government figures show.

Mr Davies said seagulls and rats attacked bin bags on the streets, creating food sources, and said higher temperatures due to climate change meant rats could now "breed all year round".He also questioned the effectiveness of some rat poison available to purchase in shops and online, warning some products were "just not strong enough".

But for others, living alongside rats is the price you pay for city life.Neil Harris, who has lived in Cathays since 2018, and said the creatures get a "bad rap"."They are literally everywhere," he said.

"I have them in the garden, I saw one just over there running across the street at the end of last week."I would suggest there's probably rats looking at us right as we speak.

"I've had dead rats underneath my floorboards. I've had the nuisance, or at least the landlord had the nuisance, of trying to get rid of them.

"But we don't complain because we recognise that it's part and parcel of living in the area.She said members of her rowing club would be in the river when the train went over the bridge. "I'm going to give them a wave."

Christine Eastlake, from Ashington, said her family were taking the train to Newcastle to do some Christmas shopping.The journey would have taken about an hour on the bus, but the train cuts the time by half.

"[The station is] only seven minutes walk from where we live," she said."It's really handy."