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West Must Share in Boom in Tourists From Around World ; the Voice of the Westcountry

Ambitions to make Britain the 'must-see' destination for tourists during the first half of the next decade are well-placed. And with a Pounds 100 million fund - made up of donations from private businesses - in place to take care of a marketing campaign, plus the focus that will come from the Royal Wedding, Queen's Diamond Jubilee and next year's London Olympic Games, the omens must be good. So it is essential that the Westcountry shares in what could be a huge bounty from an increase in over...

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Great-Gran's Potions Did Us All Good ; Letters

I am sure had my great grandmother lived a few years before she would have been burned at the stake for witchcraft for what she cooked up in her back kitchen. She would go off into the woods and collect samples of wood bark and leaves and boil them down to make potions and creams for the skin. Strips of bark from the small leaf elm and skin from the oak produced a cream known to her as the pink ointment. A local doctor bought the recipe from her for the magnificent sum of five shillings in 19...

West Must Fight for Share of Pounds 100m Tourism Boost

The Westcountry's tourism industry will have to "fight tooth and nail for every penny" of additional income generated by overseas interest in the Olympics and the Royal Wedding, business leaders have warned. Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday said backing from major businesses - coupled with Government investment - has put a tourism fund on track for a Pounds 100 million drive to make Britain "the must-see destination" of the next few years.

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Body Confirmed As That of Missing Artist

A body found in North Devon over Christmas has been formally identified as a missing woman who suffered from Asperger's syndrome. Fears were raised over the safety of local artist Tracey Topham after she went missing in Barnstaple on November 1. Her body was found on December 29 in a wooded area near Knowle, Braunton. An intensive search was launched for Ms Topham in and around Braunton after her green Ford Focus car was discovered in a car park opposite the Elliott Gallery 10 days after she ...

All That Glisters Really Is Gold in Chelsea's Richly Textured Works of Art

A Westcountry artist is using rich gold leaf, sandwiched between layers of thick glossy oil paint, to create stunningly vibrant, textured images. Chelsea Davine, 39, is exhibiting her latest abstract creations at an art gallery in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

England Ride the Storm and Build Up a Healthy Lead ; Cricket

Alastair Cook and Ian Bell were both beset by moments of controversy on their way to the hundreds which put England within sight of Ashes history yesterday. Cook's 189 took his series tally to 766 - Wally Hammond is the only Englishman to have made more in an Ashes campaign - and Bell's 115 is his first century against Australia, something he has craved throughout his career.

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Why Johnson Must Use Six Nations As a Testing Ground for World Cup

Take each game as it comes. As a cliche, it has been trotted out at countless sporting interviews when the interviewee either doesn't know or doesn't want to know the significance of what he and his team have just achieved. As a mantra, it has been spouted by innumerable coaches determined to keep their team's, and their own, concentration focused on the task in front of them.

Rivals to Break New Ground in Abu Dhabi

Wasps and Harlequins have confirmed they will break new ground by staging their forthcoming LV= Cup fixture in Abu Dhabi. The London rivals will be the first English clubs to stage a competitive match outside of this country. The match on Sunday, January 30 is a 'home' fixture for Wasps, and will be played under floodlights in a specially constructed 5,000 capacity stadium at the Emirates Palace hotel.

Hopes Springs Specimen Whiting for Repton

The final superb specimen of 2010 fell to Brixham SAC ace Roy Repton who smashed the club's record for whiting in the shore category all ends up. He achieved it with a fish of 3lb 1oz 8 drams taken at Torquay's famous abandoned sea quarry Hopes Nose which has suddenly come to superb form for the species.

Confident Dartnall Doubling Up for Welsh National with Proven Stayers

Victor Dartnall will be double handed for Saturday's Coral Welsh National at Chepstow when he expects to saddle both Giles Cross and Exmoor Ranger. The Barnstaple-based trainer has a fine record with his staying chasers and recently Jezza, Richard's Sundance and Mics Delight have illustrated the well-being of his team.