Angry residents have said their kids are too scared to use the local playground because it is 'overrun by rats'.
On Monday afternoon a small protest formed in Govanhill Park with GMB members supporting residents in their demands for cleaner streets and a solution to get rid of the vermin which has been spotted in the sandpit in the children’s playpark.
Glasgow City Council has confirmed that pest control teams have been laying bait in an attempt to control the rat problem but food left over for the birds is “undermining the effectiveness of these measures.