"The plantar fascia is in a relaxed position when you're sleeping, " says Jacqueline Sutera, a podiatric surgeon in New York City.

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The other recipients have been Douglas Breeze, former chairman and leader of the council, Marco Carruba, the mayor of Sutera, the borough council's twin town and Dame Marion Roe, Broxbourne MP from 1983 to 2005.

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