AN OXFORDSHIRE hotel has been named the best in the world.

Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons has bounced back after being left out of the Good Food Guide's top 50 restaurants to claim the best worldwide hotel accolade in The Times & Sunday Times reader awards.

The Great Milton-based luxury hotel, where prices start at £695 a night, has won the award for six years in a row thanks to the votes of the newspapers' readers.

Raymond Blanc said: "We are always striving for perfection – it’s unattainable, we know but it is great fun to keep trying."