'It's because of what's behind us': Life in a huge shopping outlet's shadow

The introduction of a new highway and an American-style shopping experience transformed a quiet, rural suburb of Ellesmere Port into one of the busiest corners of the UK.

Despite battling often debilitating arthritis, she strives to keep her garden well-maintained for her escape-artist tortoise, Mandela, and her eight grandchildren, Cheshire Live reports. “I realised that the rats were passing my back door like it was the M6," she says, blaming the nearby KFC for the problem. KFC refutes Rita’s claims, suggesting the pests are squirrels rather than rats.

Meanwhile, another resident whose home neighbours the retail park said: “Traffic is awful. The traffic is the main thing that spoils it around here, completely.

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