The Hull Daily Mail has been named Yorkshire Daily Newspaper of the Year at this year's Yorkshire Press Awards.

The newspaper picked up the prestigious award during a ceremony at the Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield last night.

The Mail narrowly pipped the Yorkshire Evening Post to the title, and judges said it had been a tough decision.

They said: "Both were well packaged and attractive. Both had attitude. Both fought for their areas. Both contained good writing. Both had flair. They were well edited.

"The winner, the nation's 13th largest-selling evening title, the Hull Daily Mail, came out on top… just."

Mail journalist Rick Lyon was also a winner, being crowned Yorkshire Journalist of the Year and News Reporter of the Year (Daily Newspapers) at the event which is organised by Sheffield Newspapers Ltd and sponsored by Yorkshire Water.

Judges praised Rick for his coverage of the Rachael Moran disappearance.

They said: "No reporter got closer to every angle on this story than the winner of this category. He won the trust of the family and the police, and his daily coverage was comprehensive and outstanding."

The award for the Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper of the Year was won by the Dewsbury Reporter, which judges said was "a local paper of quality - chock full of local news."

Other winners included Arlene Lawler of the Wakefield Express who was named News Reporter of the Year (Weekly Newspapers), Simon Hulme from the Yorkshire Post who was named Photographer of the Year, and Lisa Cook of the York Evening Press, who was named Graphic Designer of the Year for the fifth successive time.

For a full list of winners, click here.

Master of ceremonies was David Edmondson, managing director of Sheffield Newspapers Ltd, and the awards were handed out by Kevin Whiteman, chief executive of Yorkshire Water.

Individual winners received £150, a glass trophy and a certificate. Runners-up were handed £50 each and a certificate. The Yorkshire Journalist of the Year got a further £500 cash, an engraved rose bowl and a certificate. The runner-up received £100.

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