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If you're dealing with a rodent uprising, follow these simple steps

A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) drinking from a bird bath Credit: alamy.com Every week, Telegraph gardening expert Helen Yemm gives tips and advice on all your gardening problems whether at home or on the allotment. If you have a question, see below for how to contact her. Back to basics Rats are having a moment or two in the news. Emboldened by our relative absence from the streets this winter and having to make do with the thin pickings of takeaways, and any scavengings to be found under the ...