The Reading Evening Post has been named Regional Newspaper of the Year for the second year running at a competition celebrating excellence in newspaper production.
The evening newspaper was one of a host of regional titles recognised at the 2004 Newspaper Awards, which saw them competing against their national rivals.
The Oxford Times was also a big winner, scooping the award for Regional Weekly Newspaper of the Year.
Glasgow-based The Herald won the top prize in the category for Most Outstanding Use of Colour and the Sunday Herald collected the award for Best Weekly Newspaper on the World Wide Web.
All the winners were announced at a ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
A full list of winners and runners-up is below:
The Goss International Premier Award
Winner: Reading Evening Post
Joint highly commended: Leicester Mercury, Western Daily Press
The IDAB WAMAC Award
Winner: The Oxford Times
Highly commended: Farnborough Courier
Commended: Galway Advertiser
The Digital Technology International Premier Award
Winner: The Sunday Times
Highly commended: Sunday Herald
Commended: Sunday Independent
The Agfa Premier Award
Joint winners: Independent Newspapers (Irish Independent), The Irish Times
Commended: Yorkshire Post Newspapers (Yorkshire Post)
The MAN Roland Premier Award
Winner: The Times
Highly commended: The Sun
Joint commended: The Irish Independent, The Irish Times
The UPM Shotton Paper Premier Award
Winner: Guardian Newspapers
Highly commended: News International (Knowsley)
Commended: Johnston Press Printing Division
The Publishing Needs SeeColor Award
Winner: The Herald
Highly commended: Reading Evening Post
Joint commended: Garden News, The Observer
The Agfa Award
Winner: The Guardian and The Observer – Digital Editions
Highly commended: The Sunday Times – The Month
Commended: Telegraph.co.uk – Screenprint
The Newspaper Awards Trophy
Winner: Angling Times
Highly commended: Farmers Guardian
Commended: Antiques Trade Gazette
The Usher Walker Award
Winner: The Irish Times Magazine
Highly commended: Weekend (Irish Independent)
Commended: Home (The Sunday Times)
The Precision Colour Printing Award
Winner: How to Spend It (Weekend FT)
Highly commended: You Magazine (The Mail on Sunday)
Commended: OM (The Observer)
The Creo Award
Winner: The Mail on Sunday
Highly commended: The Independent
Commended: Daily Mirror, Woking News & Mail
The pcsdotNet Award
Winner: Sunday Herald
Joint highly commended: Kent Online, Jewish Chronicle
The pcsdotNet Award
Winner: Guardian Unlimited
Highly commended: Sun Online
Commended: FT.com
The Production Journal Award
Paul Liggins, Midland News Association – main board director
The Independent – Compact Edition
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