Residents living in Tenby's Serpentine Road are issuing a plea for a strip of waste ground next to their homes to be cleared up properly to prevent an ongoing rat problem. Sarah and John Reason-Jones have campaigned to Pembrokeshire County Council for the land to be cleared for the past couple of years. However, the rodent trouble just won't go away, with the latest incident proving the last straw for the couple. "It's been an ongoing problem for quite a while, and we've complained on numerous occasions, but not enough is done to stop the problem for good," explained Mrs. Reason-Jones. "The icing on the cake came recently when our 13- year-old daughter woke at 1 am in the morning because she heard a scratching noise under her bed. We called a private pest control operator and we were horrified when he found a baby rat had entered our spare room. "Although we contacted the county council yet again, all that gets done is poison gets put down and the land is partially cleared, but there is so much waste laying there, that a proper clear up job needs to be done to stop the breeding ground for vermin that it has become," remarked Mrs. Reason- Jones. The family's neighbours, Hayley and Gareth Scotcher, have also become increasingly concerned over the rodent issue, in partcular because their home has been modified to cater for Mr. Scotcher's needs as he suffers from Motor Neurone Disease and is confined to a wheelchair. "We have a large decking patio at our home so we can enjoy time outside with our young children, but since we saw a rat running across the decking a couple of weeks ago, the children are refusing to go outside, so the matter is affecting our family time," said Mrs. Scotcher. It seems that the problem is also affecting Heywood Court, where residents have reported rats nesting in their compost bins. Mrs. Reason-Jones said that, worryingly, a dead rat was also recently found directly outside the Infant School. "We've now even contacted Nick Ainger about the problem as the county council don't seem to be doing enough. It's a residential area we live in and we residents shouldn't have to put up with living with this vermin problem," added Mrs. Reason- Jones. A spokesperson for Pembrokeshire County Council commented that it was a recurrent problem that, if not resolved soon, would see an enforcement order considered for the area in question.