All the editorial winners, runners-up and nominees from the Newspaper Society's annual regional press awards.

Regional Newspaper of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Sunday Mercury
Silver: Bath Chronicle
Bronze: The News (Portsmouth)
Shortlisted: Cambridge Evening News
Evening Telegraph (Derby)
Scotland on Sunday
Yorkshire Post

Journalist of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Richard Elias – Scotland on Sunday
Silver: Ben Rossington – Liverpool Echo
Bronze: Adam Aspinall – Sunday Mercury
Shortlisted: Jon Austin - Basildon Echo
Claire McNeilly – Belfast Telegraph
Jade Beecroft – Evening Telegraph (Derby)

Young Journalist of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Ben Gold: – Sunday Mercury
Silver: Kerra Maddern – Express & Echo (Exeter)
Bronze: Chris Mallett – Evening Telegraph (Derby)
Shortlisted: Laura Jean Morris – Cambridge Evening News
Bradley Gerrard – Express & Echo (Exeter)
Katy Wood – Hull Daily Mail
Melanie Jago – West Briton

Sports Journalist of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Leigh Curtis – Lincolnshire Echo
Silver: Steve Nicholson – Evening Telegraph (Derby)
Bronze: John Gibson – Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
Shortlisted: Anthony Vickers – Evening Gazette (Teesside)
James Smailes – Hull Daily Mail

Photographer of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: James Hardisty – Yorkshire Evening Post
Silver: Adam Gerrard – Evening Telegraph (Derby)
Bronze: Sam Stephenson – The Argus (Brighton)
Shortlisted: Simon Dack – The Argus (Brighton)
Warren Gunn – Cambridge Evening News
Andy Commins – Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
Anthony Chappel- Ross – The Press (York)
Richard Austin – Western Morning News
Simon Hulme - Yorkshire Post

Sports Photographer of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Alex Severn – The Sentinel (Stoke)
Silver: Katherine Burnett – Evening Telegraph (Derby)
Bronze: Steve Riding – Yorkshire Evening Post
Shortlisted: Ann McManus – The Irish News
Chris Vaughan – Lincolnshire Echo
Andy Garbutt – Telegraph & Argus (Bradford)

Scoop of the Year
- Daily & Sunday paid-for newspapers

Gold: Cambridge Evening News – Meet City's Sex-Change Mayor and Mayoress
Silver: Basildon Echo – Travellers: The Truth
Bronze: The Press (York) – Was Dead Baby's Coffin Empty?
Shortlisted: The Argus (Brighton) – Ed Mitchell's Fall From Grace
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle) – Saved by Viagra
Express & Echo (Exeter) – Internet Rant PC Reported by Your Echo is Suspended
Scoop of the Year
- Weekly newspapers
Winner - Willesden & Brent Times, Jenny Engstrom's interview with Guantanamo Bay prisoner Jamil el-Banna after his release

Design & Layout of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Bath Chronicle
Silver: Jersey Evening Post
Bronze: Belfast Telegraph
Shortlisted: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
Evening Express (Aberdeen)
Norwich Evening News
Yorkshire Post

Community Newspaper of the Year
- Weekly paid-for newspapers

Gold: Weston & Somerset Mercury
Silver: Heywood Advertiser
Bronze: North Devon Journal

Community Newspaper of the Year
- Daily & Sunday paid-for newspapers

Gold: Grimsby Telegraph
Silver: Evening Gazette (Teesside)
Bronze: The News (Portsmouth)
Shortlisted: The Argus (Brighton)
Norwich Evening News
The Sentinel (Stoke)

Innovative Newspaper of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Evening Telegraph (Derby) – 2nd Mercian Battalion Coverage
Silver: The Argus (Brighton) – The Argus Property Campaign
Bronze: Evening Times (Glasgow) – Barcelona Foreign Edition
Shortlisted: The Star (Sheffield) – Free CD Downloads
Sunday Herald (Glasgow) – 225 Years
Sunday Herald (Glasgow) – Singing Vendor

Campaigning Newspaper of the Year
- Weekly paid-for newspapers

Gold: Chorley & Leyland Guardian
Silver: Tamworth Herald
Bronze: Dartford Messenger West Briton
Shortlisted: Kilburn Times/North West London Newspapers
Wakefield Express

Campaigning Newspaper of the Year
- Daily & Sunday paid-for newspapers

Gold: Express & Echo (Exeter)
Silver: The News (Portsmouth)
Bronze: Cambridge Evening News
Shortlisted: Lancashire Telegraph
Liverpool Echo
The Press (York)

Newsbill of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Evening Times (Glasgow) – Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Silver: Evening Times (Glasgow) – Kung Po Fighting
Bronze: Kentish Express – Quake!
Shortlisted: Kent Messenger – How I Wrecked £130K Ferrari

Outdoor Campaign of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Bath Chronicle – Bath Chronicle Weekly Launch
Silver: Evening Express (Aberdeen) – "Aberdeen"...NOW YOU'RE TALKING
Bronze: Press & Journal (Aberdeen) – Get Closer to Inverness
Shortlisted: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle) - Toon Heroes: A New Breed
Northern Echo – Compact
Warrington Guardian – Stick With the Wolves

Multimedia Campaign of the Year
- All Regional paid-for newspapers

Gold: Sunday Herald (Glasgow) – No Ordinary Sunday
Silver: The Scotsman – Get Sharp
Bronze: Northern Echo – Compact
Shortlisted: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle) – Toon Heroes: A New Breed
The Star (Sheffield) – Headline Game

Value-Added Product of the Year
- Daily & Sunday paid-for newspapers

Gold: Evening Telegraph (Derby) – Property to Rent
Silver: The Scotsman – The Scotsman Recommends
Bronze: Dorset Echo – Weymouth Town Guide 2007
Shortlisted: Dorset Echo – It's Christmas 2007
Evening Times (Glasgow) – Women's 10K Race Media Partnership
Hull Daily Mail – Female Section

Value-Added Product of the Year
- Weekly paid-for newspapers

Gold: Tamworth Herald – Herald Junior Football Stars
Silver: Llanelli Star – Ray Gravell, Here for Ever
Bronze: Carmarthen Journal – First Day at School
Shortlisted: Garstang Courier & Longridge News – Rural Life
Tamworth Herald – Lest We Forget

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