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Visit Devon has been nominated for the Best UK Holiday County or Destination in the prestigious 2016 British Travel Awards (BTAs).

The winners will be determined by the consumer, who has until 30 September to cast their vote, with the successful companies announced at the BTA Gala Awards Dinner, being held in London on 23 November 2016. British Travel Awards’ chief executive Lorraine Barnes Burton said: “This year there are nearly seven hundred nominations listed against 83 Award categories and competition to win a British Travel Awards will be fierce. In 2015 more than a million...

A divorce lawyer from the South West has been featured on an independent list of some of the best advisors in private wealth management in the world, for the 8th consecutive year. Liz Allen, head of the family law team at Exeter-based Stephens Scown LLP, has been selected to appear in the Honours section of the 2016 edition of the ‘Citywealth Leaders List’ which has just been published. Liz also features in the ‘Power Women’ list. She is the only family lawyer in Devon and Cornwall to have been named in the Honours section of the eleventh edition of the annual directory. The Citywealth...

Up to 50,000 people are estimated to have visited the poignant 19240 Shrouds of the Somme Project in Exeter that depicts all 19,240 allied soldiers who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

On the eve of the closing ceremony, due to take place on 7th July at 9pm, organisers say that in just one week they have been inundated with people from all over the UK, and beyond.

The project was opened in the city's Northernhay Gardens at 7:30am on 1st July, exactly 100 years since the whistle was blown to go ‘over the top' in one of the bloodiest battles in British...

Researchers at The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital say the use of simple, specially developed protective socks could help thousands of older people in the UK who suffer from a debilitating skin condition.

The STOPCUTS pilot trial monitored the effects of wearing the socks on volunteers prone to skin tears, a common problem in the over 65’s.

A skin tear involves a piece of skin being peeled back to varying depths by a knock or scrape and occasionally leaving a flap of skin. This can sometimes be put back by doctors, but on occasion, the top layer of the skin is completely...