Footage has emerged of dozens of rats swarming an alley in the centre of Newcastle, UK.

The video was shot by a couple who spotted the rodents while they were making their way home from a night out with friends at 1:00am on Sunday morning.

The footage, captured on a mobile phone, shows the rats rustling through discarded takeaway containers.

The filmer later told a newspaper: “You only see a few on the video but when we first went around the corner there were about 50 or 60.”

Footage has emerged of dozens of rats swarming an alley in the centre of Newcastle, UK.

The video was shot by a couple who spotted the rodents while they were making their way home from a night out with friends at 1:00am on Sunday morning.

The footage, captured on a mobile phone, shows the rats rustling through discarded takeaway containers.

The filmer later told the Mirror newspaper: “You only see a few on the video but when we first went around the corner there were about 50 or 60.”

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Horrible rats around the city where i used to eat... Was out with me friends for a quiet drink and ended up in aspers casino for a little gamble while walking home I was shocked at what i seen and what i seen was about 50-60 rats and quickly thought to myself how could i possibly eat from there anymore and decided I would get my phone out of my pocket and video the rats moving around in the alley and bins.