A former regional daily journalist has been honoured as part of a team which won a national comedy award.

Hannah Dunleavy, a former acting chief sub-editor on the Cambridge News, was part of the Standard Issue magazine team who won in the Book and Publishing category at the Chortle awards.

The awards are run by website Chortle, which celebrates and promotes comedy across the UK.

Standard Issue was founded in 2014 by comedian Sarah Millican as a “smart and witty” online magazine created for women by women, and Hannah currently serves as its deputy editor.

Hannah, pictured above with the award, said: “Our approach is very different and we’re now read by more than 120,000 women every week.

“This award is another indicator that our engaging, funny, informative reads covering everything women are interested in – which means everything – are really resonating with our audience.”

The awards ceremony was held in London last monh.

Sarah added: “My face hurts from all of the beaming. I am so thrilled we have won a Chortle award for publishing. Thanks to our team, contributors and readers who are a wonderful gang that I am giddy to be part of.”