THE REGIONAL PRESS AWARD WINNERS 2025

Congratulations to all our winners and those highly commended!

Team Awards

Best Commercial Partner

Best Live Coverage

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Belfast Telegraph

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BristolLive

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BristolLive

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PlymouthLive

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Yorkshire Evening Post

Campaign of the Year

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Bad Blood, Newcastle Chronicle and Journal

Newcastle Chronicle and Journal

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Cavity wall insulation scandal, Burnley Express

Burnley Express

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Child Poverty Emergency, BirminghamLive/Birmingham Mail

BirminghamLive/Birmingham Mail

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Crown Works Studios: Play Your Part, Mr Hunt, Newcastle Chronicle/Newcastle Journal/Northern Echo/Sunderland Echo/Shields Gazette

Newcastle Chronicle/Newcastle Journal/Northern Echo/Sunderland Echo/Shields Gazette

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The 21, Newsquest London

Newsquest London

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The Savile Law Scandal, Belfast Telegraph

Belfast Telegraph

Digital Initiative of the Year

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Reach data unit

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The AI Assisted Reporter

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The Everything is Black and White Podcast - Chronicle Live

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Uncovered with Sam McBride (newsletter by the Belfast Telegraph)

Front Page of the Year

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Fiends Reunited

Sunday Life

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Hull riots special edition

The Hull Story

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JPR WILLIAMS: 1949-2024

Western Mail

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Tweed beat me black & blue on our wedding day

Sunday World

News Website of the Year

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Kent Online

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Manchester Evening News

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YorkshireLive

Reporting Communities Award

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5000 Voices – Reach plc

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Liverpool ECHO

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The Impartial Reporter

Scoop of the Year

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Bolton train passenger given criminal record over £1.60 mix-up

Bolton News

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Homeless being dumped in North East by Councils in London without telling local authorities

Northern Echo

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Manchester Airport video

Manchester Evening News

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Sinn Fein references for paedophile scandal, Ciaran O'Neill

Sunday World

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Trump put £200m price tag on non-existent Scots homes

The Herald

Supplement of the Year

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Magic of the FA Cup, Reach plc

Reach plc

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Memories, The Northern Echo

The Northern Echo

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Review, Belfast Telegraph

Belfast Telegraph/

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Weekend magazine, Belfast Telegraph

Belfast Telegraph

Individual Awards

Young Journalist of the Year

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Maxwell Chesson

KentOnline

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Nicole Wootton-Cane

Manchester Evening News

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Phoebe Abruzzese

Northern Echo

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Rucsandra Moldoveanu

Nottinghamshire Live

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Séamus O'Hanlon

Colchester Gazette

Sports Journalist of the Year

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Neil Allen

Portsmouth News

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Neil Loughran

The Irish News

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Rob Robertson

The Herald

Specialist Journalist of the Year

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Helena Vesty

Manchester Evening News

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Martin Williams

The Herald

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Neil Mackay

The Herald

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Will Hayward

WalesOnline

Photographer of the Year

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Colin Lane

Liverpool Echo

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Iain Watts

Liverpool Echo

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MAL MCCANN

Irish News

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Mark Williamson

Stratford Herald

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Simon Hulme

Yorkshire Post

Reporter of the Year (Daily)

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Caroline Wilson

The Herald

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Martin Williams

The Herald

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Neil Mackay

The Herald

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Sam McBride

Belfast Telegraph

Reporter of the Year (Weekly)

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Ciaran O’Neill

Sunday World

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Rodney Edwards

The Impartial Reporter

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Tom Foot

Camden New Journal

Cathryn Nicholl Award

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Liam Grimley

The Irish News

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Phoebe Abruzzese

Northern Echo

Crime & Investigative Reporter of the Year

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Ben Schofield

BBC

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Neil Mackay

The Herald (Scotland)

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Patrick Edrich

Liverpool Echo

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Sam McBride

Belfast Telegraph

Designer of the Year

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Gareth Dobson

Barrnon Media

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Nancy Fallows

Newsquest

Feature Writer of the Year

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Helena Vesty

Manchester Evening News

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Liam Thorp

Liverpool Echo

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Ruby Kitchen

The Yorkshire Post

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Sam McBride

Belfast Telegraph

Opinion Writer of the Year

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Andrew Liddle

The Courier

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David Behrens

Freelance

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Sam McBride

Belfast Telegraph

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Sara Robinson

Western Mail

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Will Hayward

WalesOnline

Organisations Award

News Brand of the Year (Small)

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Cambridge Independent

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The BV magazine

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The Impartial Reporter

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The Oxford Times

News Brand of the Year (Large)

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Belfast Telegraph

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Manchester Evening News

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The Irish News

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Western Mail