Giant ginger Scottish rats run amok at Cheltenham
The Daily Star leads with news of rats. Ginger Rats. Scottish Ginger Rats! It’s news you might miss because the Star’s front-page news is squashed between a riot of colourful adverts for horse racing at Cheltenham and the boast that it now the only tabloid with Page 3 Girls:
News is that the “savage rodents have turned a reddish colour after pet rats were released and bred with wild ones. And they can be seen running wild every day in Lochpark Industrial Estate, Hawick, just 20 miles from England.”
And “the rats have been burrowing towards England”.
The entire story is based on the report of eyewitness Colin, who says: “I’ve seen white rats as well as ginger ones. Someone from the council came up but I’m not sure what stage they are at.”
The story continues in the Express, where the ginger Scottish rats are now “GIANT”. But the photo shows a small, cute rodent – because giant rats massed at the border can be hard to spot:
If you really want to scare Express readers, show them the Romanian rats – they pick you pockets and nick your strawberries…
Previously in the Star and Express:
Such are the facts…
Posted: 10th, March 2015 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
