A new dessert shop in Bicester has been handed a low food hygiene rating.

Love Desserts, at Crown Walk, was given a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating after an assessment on March 8, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

The rating on the Food Standards Agency's website states 'major improvement is necessary'.

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The store recently opened in the town centre welcoming customers for the first time on Saturday, February 10.

It means that of Cherwell's 230 restaurants, cafes and canteens with ratings, 170 (74 per cent) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.

The inspectors judged the restaurant with regard to hygienic food handling, cleanliness and the condition of facilities and management of food safety.

The council's environmental health team is in charge of inspecting and rating hospitality venues on a zero to five scale with zero being the lowest score and five the highest.