Newcastle establishment awarded new five-star food hygiene rating

A Newcastle drinking establishment has been handed a new five-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

A Newcastle drinking establishment has been handed a new five-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

Northern Counties Club, a pub, bar or nightclub at 11 Hood Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne was given the maximum score after assessment on May 22, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of Newcastle's 271 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 235 (87%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.