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

Royal Oak Hotel, a pub, bar or nightclub at Royal Oak, Beckermet, Cumbria was given the score after assessment on November 3, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of Copeland's 114 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 89 (78%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.