Associated Northcliffe Digital and The Irish News were just two of the big winners at last night’s Newspaper Society Advertising and Digital Media Awards.

AND’s Derby-based new product development team won three of the six digital awards on offer including two awards for its pioneering memorial website Lasting Tribute. It was also crowned Digital Team of the Year.

The Irish News also went away with a stack of gongs including Niche Publication (Newsprint) and Retail Supplement or Section of the Year.

Other winners included the Nottingham Evening Post for Newspaper Website of the Year and Trinity Mirror Midlands for Blog of the Year.

The annual prize giving took place at the historic Crewe Hall and attracted entries from across the UK local media’s advertising and digital media teams.

Here is the list of the digital and advertising winners in full:

DIGITAL CATEGORIES

Niche Website of the Year

GOLD: Associated Northcliffe Digital – Lasting Tribute
SILVER: Hull Daily Mail
BRONZE: Eastern Daily Press

Digital Innovation of the Year

GOLD: Associated Northcliffe Digital – Lasting Tribute
SILVER: Lancashire Evening Post
BRONZE: Herald Express (Torquay)

Blog of the Year

GOLD: The Geek Files – Coventry Telegraph
SILVER: scotsman.com
BRONZE: Hull Daily Mail

Community Website of the Year

GOLD: MK News
SILVER: Lancashire Evening Post
BRONZE: Hull Daily Mail

Newspaper Website of the Year

GOLD: Nottingham Evening Post
SILVER: Belfast Telegraph
BRONZE: Cornwall & Devon Media

Digital Team of the Year

GOLD: Associated Northcliffe Digital – New Product Development
SILVER: Hull Daily Mail
BRONZE: Clyde & Forth Press

ADVERTISING CATEGORIES

Advertisement of the Year

GOLD: Hull Daily Mail
SILVER: Evening Express (Aberdeen)
BRONZE: Evening Express (Aberdeen), Lytham St Annes Express

Retail Advertisement of the Year

GOLD: Herts Advetiser
SILVER: Yorkshire Post
BRONZE: Express & Echo (Exeter)

Motors Advertisement of the Year

GOLD: Press & Journal (Aberdeen)
SILVER: Press & Journal (Aberdeen)
BRONZE: Yorkshire Post

Property Advertisement of the Year

GOLD: Herald Express (Torquay)
SILVER: Yorkshire Evening Post
BRONZE: Press & Journal (Aberdeen)

Series of Ads of the Year

GOLD: The Irish News
SILVER: Hull Daily Mail
BRONZE: Herald Express (Torquay)

Supplement or Section of the Year

GOLD: The Herald (Glasgow), Hull Daily Mail
SILVER: Yorkshire Evening Post
BRONZE: Guernsey Press & Star

Retail Supplement or Section of the Year

GOLD: The Irish News
SILVER: Herald Express (Torquay)
BRONZE: The Irish News

Business Supplement or Section of the Year

GOLD: Eastern Daily Press
SILVER: Press & Journal (Aberdeen)
BRONZE: The Star (Sheffield)

Entertainment & Leisure Supplement or Section of the Year

GOLD: Scotland on Sunday
SILVER: The Irish News
BRONZE: Express & Echo (Exeter)

Property Supplement or Section of the Year

GOLD: The Herald (Glasgow)
SILVER: Jewish Chronicle
BRONZE: The Herald (Glasgow)

Feature Advertising of the Year

GOLD: Yorkshire Post
SILVER: Evening Express (Aberdeen)
BRONZE: Herald Express (Torquay)

Public Sector Advertising Initiative of the Year

GOLD: Manchester Evening News
SILVER: Eastern Daily Press
BRONZE: Hull Daily Mail

Classified Section of the Year

GOLD: Express & Star (Wolverhampton)
SILVER: Evening Express (Aberdeen)
BRONZE: Press & Journal (Aberdeen)

Niche Publication of the Year (Newsprint)

GOLD: The Irish News
SILVER: Lancashire Evening Post
BRONZE: Kent Business

Niche Publication of the Year (Non-Newsprint)

GOLD: Bournemouth Echo
SILVER: Bournemouth Echo
BRONZE: Great Yarmouth Mercury

Newspaper-Initiated Event of the Year

GOLD: Birmingham Post
SILVER: Press & Journal (Aberdeen)
BRONZE: Rotherham Advertiser

Integrated Campaign of the Year

GOLD: Manchester Evening News
SILVER: Manchester Evening News
BRONZE: Hull Daily Mail

Client Sponsorship Package of the Year

GOLD: scotsman.com
SILVER: Manchester Evening News
BRONZE: Bournemouth Echo

Alternative Advertisement Revenue Stream of the Year

GOLD: Hull Daily Mail
SILVER: Eastern Daily Press
BRONZE: Northcliffe Media

Cross-Platform or Portfolio Sell of the Year

GOLD: MEN Media
SILVER: MEN Media
BRONZE: Mediaforce

Advertising Publishing Centre of the Year

GOLD: Mail News & Media
SILVER: The Irish News
BRONZE: Aberdeen Journals

Featurelink Co-ordinator of the Year

Debbie Cutler – Coventry Telegraph

Advertising Sales Executive of the Year

Neil Dow – Press & Journal (Aberdeen)

All the winners from the NS Awards ceremony