A family-run restaurant in Newcastle which has been quietly going about its business for the past near-40 years has landed a national award.
The owner of Ahad Tandoori, in Gosforth High Street, describes it "as the best feeling of my life" to have won a Best Restaurant accolade at the Curry Life Awards thanks to an unchanged menu that has remained a customer favourite for decades.
Tahmid Ahmed's dad first set up the business which he now runs with support from his two brothers and he says the win, announced at an awards ceremony hosted at The Grosvenor House hotel in London, is the restaurant's first despite its being nominated for awards at multiple events.
