Leicestershire’s Horseshoe Cottage Farm, ‘a small, rural B&B that prides itself in consideration to detail’, earned the silver medal. It was followed by third-place Brightham Home Boutique Bed and Breakfast in Devon – a visitor house with a ‘fashionable however relaxed vibe’. Hotel Indigo Durham in County Durham scooped up second place. Elsewhere, the highest prize in the big Lodge of the Yr category was awarded to The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, a property that guarantees to be a ‘five-star haven of elegance and tranquillity in the historic centre of Bath’. The bronze medal went to legendary London institution The Langham. Topping the podium within the Small Resort of the 12 months category was Seaham Hall – ‘a 5-star boutique resort and spa with placing views from its clifftop place on the Durham coastline’. The judges have been torn between two properties when it got here to awarding the silver medal, that means each No.15 by GuestHouse in Bath and The Idle Rocks in Cornwall, tied in second place.

From pubs to eating places, first place within the Taste of England Award went to Lu Ban Restaurant, an institution that serves ‘cuisine impressed by the Chinese area of Tianjin’ in Liverpool. Executive chef Dave J Critchley and his workforce develop dishes with an inventive, culinary passion, respectful of Chinese meals tradition and traditions and bringing a brand new dimension of Chinese language cuisine to the town,’ VisitEngland says of the award-winner. It was followed by second-place Moor Hall Restaurant with Rooms, a Lancashire eatery that holds two Michelin stars and five AA Rosettes. Two for the value of 1! Fischer’s Baslow Corridor, ‘the culinary jewel in Derbyshire’s crown since 1989’, snapped up the bronze medal within the Taste of England Award. Meanwhile, providing some staycation inspiration, the gong for the very best B&B and Guest House of the Year went to The 25 Boutique B&B in Torquay, a property that’s described by homeowners Andy and Julian Banner-Price as a ‘funky 5-star luxury escape’.

She joked she was exhibiting off her ‘new knees’ through the hike.

Oprah purchased her newest plots of land from Ulupalakua Ranch, which is owned by the outstanding Erdman household. The land is agriculturally-zoned. About 11,000 acres of Ulupalakua land is protected for conservation – and can’t be developed – however the chunks purchased by Oprah aren’t included inside that, based on SFGate. Oprah’s links to Hawaii go back more than a decade and she confirmed her love for the state in January with snaps of her hiking in Kauai with fellow Tv star Gayle King. Oprah’s intentions for the plot aren’t clear but she’s beforehand purchased land to protect it from improvement, based on her website. She joked she was exhibiting off her ‘new knees’ through the hike. Oprah’s webpage states that it was her pal Bob who first convinced her to buy a house within the Aloha State. Besotted with the weather, the mountains, and the ocean, Bob has been visiting Hawaii for 15 years,’ it explains, including that he spent years in search of the ‘good spot’ for her.

Oprah Winfrey has snapped up 870 acres of picturesque land on the Hawaiian island of Maui – adding to her burgeoning portfolio of real property in the Aloha state. The Tv host and leisure mogul, 69, splashed out $6.6million on the land in the Kula area, near the stunning ranch she already owns on the island. Oprah’s latest buy, revealed in gross sales deeds, means she now owns around 1,000 acres of land on Maui. She reportedly snapped up the new plots in a number of purchases: a 520 acre parcel for $3.89 million, a 330 acre parcel for $2.47 million, and two 10 acre parcels for $100,000 every. Oprah, whose web value is estimated at between $2.5 billion and $three billion, is one in all a number of billionaires to buy up swathes of land in Hawaii – to the frustration of some locals who say it is pricing them out of the market. Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder price nearly $70 billion, has been accused of trying to ‘colonize’ the paradise island of Kauai, where he is thought to personal a minimum of 1,400 acres of land – more than the local authorities.