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:

Regional Newspaper of the Year

The Goss International Premier Award

Winner: Reading Evening Post
Joint highly commended: Leicester Mercury, Western Daily Press

The Regional Weekly Newspaper of the Year

The IDAB WAMAC Award

Winner: The Oxford Times
Highly commended: Farnborough Courier
Commended: Galway Advertiser

Sunday Newspaper of the Year

The Digital Technology International Premier Award

Winner: The Sunday Times
Highly commended: Sunday Herald
Commended: Sunday Independent

Newspaper Printer of the Year

The Agfa Premier Award

Joint winners: Independent Newspapers (Irish Independent), The Irish Times
Commended: Yorkshire Post Newspapers (Yorkshire Post)

National Newspaper of the Year

The MAN Roland Premier Award

Winner: The Times
Highly commended: The Sun
Joint commended: The Irish Independent, The Irish Times

Environmental Newspaper Company of the Year

The UPM Shotton Paper Premier Award

Winner: Guardian Newspapers
Highly commended: News International (Knowsley)
Commended: Johnston Press Printing Division

Most Outstanding Use of Colour

The Publishing Needs SeeColor Award

Winner: The Herald
Highly commended: Reading Evening Post
Joint commended: Garden News, The Observer

Most Innovative Technology of the Year

The Agfa Award

Winner: The Guardian and The Observer – Digital Editions
Highly commended: The Sunday Times – The Month
Commended: Telegraph.co.uk – Screenprint

Niche Market Newspaper of the Year

The Newspaper Awards Trophy

Winner: Angling Times
Highly commended: Farmers Guardian
Commended: Antiques Trade Gazette

Coldset Colour Supplement of the Year

The Usher Walker Award

Winner: The Irish Times Magazine
Highly commended: Weekend (Irish Independent)
Commended: Home (The Sunday Times)

Heatset Colour Supplement of the Year

The Precision Colour Printing Award

Winner: How to Spend It (Weekend FT)
Highly commended: You Magazine (The Mail on Sunday)
Commended: OM (The Observer)

Newspaper Design of the Year

The Creo Award

Winner: The Mail on Sunday
Highly commended: The Independent
Commended: Daily Mirror, Woking News & Mail

Best Weekly Newspaper on the World Wide Web

The pcsdotNet Award

Winner: Sunday Herald
Joint highly commended: Kent Online, Jewish Chronicle

Best Daily Newspaper on the World Wide Web

The pcsdotNet Award

Winner: Guardian Unlimited
Highly commended: Sun Online
Commended: FT.com

Personality of the Year

The Production Journal Award

Paul Liggins, Midland News Association – main board director

Innovation of the Year

The Independent – Compact Edition

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