A HALESOWEN restaurant has handed a new food hygiene rating.

Foxhunt Harvester on Hagley Road, Hayley Green, was given a four-out-of-five score after assessment on August 9, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of Dudley's 253 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 109 (43%) have ratings of five and just one has a zero rating.

A hygiene rating of 0 means urgent improvement is required; 1 means "major improvement is necessary."

A 2 star rating means "some improvement is necessary", while 3 star means "hygiene standards are generally satisfactory" and 4 star means "hygiene standards are good."

A 5 star rating means "hygiene standards are very good."