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• HOTEL Of The Week

  To the manor born again

  

  A century ago, Bovey Castle was the country set's newest estate-of-the-art, lovingly built and fashioned, in no-expense-spared Tudor splendour, by the second Viscount Hambleden, heir to the mighty W.H.Smith empire.

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• PROPERTY Of The Week

  Detatched home delights

  

  A detached three bedroom property with magnificent River Dart views has gone on the market.

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• WINE Of The Week

  Camel Valley Bacchus 2006

  

  The sun is starting to peek out from behind the snow clouds, the spring flowers are in full colour, the evenings are lighter again … at last we can look forward to the spring/summer season ahead.

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• RECIPE Of The Week

  Grilled Exmouth sea bass fillet, dill potatoes, crispy Serrano ham and roasted Somerset purple garlic salsa

  

  By Tim Golder, head chef at Topsham's prestigious Oliva Restaurant, which was named best restaurant in Devon at the 2007 Devon Life Food and Drink Awards.

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• VILLAGE Of The Week

  Cove's long history rich with ship wrecks and smuggling tales

  

  Hope Cove probably derives from the Old English hop meaning a circular valley...

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• PRODUCT Of The Week

  World's fastest Blu-ray burner launched in UK

  

  Electronics giant LG Electronics has launched what it claims is the world’s fastest Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive in the UK.

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• RESTAURANT Of The Week

  Boxwood Café review: Raving about Ramsay

  

  999Today food critic Natasha Heard reviews the delightful Boxwood Café, part of the luxurious Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge, London.

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New marine nature reserves planned

The Government has published plans for a new network of marine conservation zones around Britain’s coast.

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