Take-away fined

A Chinese take-away was fined pounds 44,500 yesterday after environmental health officers found a mouse head, rat droppings and rotting food in the kitchens. They also found leaves, grease and dead insects in cupboards and drawers at the August Moon in Hungerford, Berkshire, magistrates were told. San Yau Wong, the owner, and his son Wai, the manager, admitted breaching the 1970 Food Safety Act.