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The Porthminster Beach Cafe in Cornwall won the Taste of England Award Photo: ALAMY

Award for Campbell

Sophie Campbell, author of Telegraph Travel's "Heritage" column, has been named Travel Journalist of the Year at the Enjoy England Awards. She was recognised for a feature about Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight.

Other winners included Chris Moss, another of our contributors, who was named Silver Travel Journalist of the Year.

The Taste of England Award was given to Porthminster Beach Cafe in Cornwall, the Shepherd Neame Visitor Centre in Faversham was named best Small Visitor Attraction, and London's Langham Hotel was named Large Hotel of the Year.

Meanwhile, the Royal Shakespeare Company won the Outstanding Contribution Award.

See www.enjoyengland.com/excellence for a full list of winners.

Win return flights

Do you agree with Nick Trend's verdict on Stratford-upon-Avon? Do you have anything to add on the cost of rail fares? Whatever your thoughts on any Telegraph Travel stories, we would like to hear them.

If you send us something particularly interesting and relevant, you could win a return flight with bmi in our Travel View of the Week competition.

We are also calling for readers' tips on Monaco, which will be entered into the same competition. The best will be published in Telegraph Travel. Click here for full details.

Holiday costs

Holidaymakers heading to Greece, Turkey or Egypt this year will get more for their money.

The Post Office's 2011 Holiday Costs Barometer – which compares the total cost of 10 common holiday purchases in 14 different destinations – has revealed a fall in prices of at least 10 per cent in all three countries. Click here for a full report.

BA crew call off Easter and royal wedding strike

British Airways and the Unite trade union edge closer towards a peace deal to settle the long-running cabin crew dispute.

Geothermal heating could solve Heathrow's ice problem

Heathrow airport is looking into underground heating as a way of keeping its runways free of ice after last winter’s disruption.

US East Coast's first electric cruise ship dock unveiled

Luxury liners that dock in New York will soon be able to plug into the East Coast's first electric ship terminal, city officials said on Thursday.

Girl, 6, frisked by US security

The parents of a young child have called for changes to airport security procedures after their six-year-old daughter was body-searched at New Orleans airport.

Dead cow among strangest items checked-in to fly

A car engine, a dead cow and bag of sand and sea water are among the strangest items that air passengers have tried to check in on flights.

Jumbo prangs jet on runway

An investigation is underway after an A380 airbus, the world's largest jetliner, crashes into a smaller plane at JFK airport in New York.

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