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Dead rats have been found in a Glasgow primary school's deep fat fryer.

Pest control were drafted in to remove the vermin from Saint Catherine's Primary School in the Barmulloch area of the city.

Catering staff made the shocking discovering earlier this week in the school kitchen.

Glasgow City Council confirmed the incident.

Council chiefs told the Record that the rats were found 'while equipment was being routinely cleaned and not in use for actual cooking'

A spokeswoman told the Record: "Our pest control team dealt with a situation at the school swiftly and effectively as soon as it was reported by school and catering staff.”