AN INFESTATION of rats has forced a woman out of her Wombwell home.

Laura Smith, 21, is now staying with relatives after being unable to get rid of the rats in her Kelvin Grove house.

The final straw came on Monday when a large rat jumped out of a wall cupboard and ran across her boyfriend's shoulder and onto Laura before escaping.

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated December 5. **