Lord Sugar has a new apprentice, Andy Murray is Sports Personality of the Year (again) and BBC journalist Ore Oduba took the Strictly crown – but who will win HTFP’s Front Page of the Year prize?
Our annual poll opens today and will run until Friday 6 January.
It has been another year of stunning front pages in the regional press and we have selected ten for you to choose from.
They include regional newspaper coverage of some of the year’s biggest national stories including the Hillsborough verdicts, Brexit, the death of Jo Cox and the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
The shortlist below also includes stories of more local significance such as the fire that devastated Exeter’s Royal Clarence Hotel and the North West Evening Mail’s campaign for justice for baby Poppi Worthington who died following a sex assault.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to cast your vote. You can vote for up to three contenders.
Baby Rapist – North West Evening Mail
A World in One Street – Leicester Mercury
Unlawful Killing – Liverpool Echo
Will town centre now lose BHS? – Fife Free Press
Our Jo – Yorkshire Evening Post
We’re Out – And He’s Out Too – Manchester Evening News
Durham Light Infantry Somme memorial – Northern Echo
You’re Behind The Times – Sunderland Echo
My Stepdad was a monster – The Argus
Devastation – Express & Echo
What was the best Regional Front Page of 2016?
- Will town centre now lose BHS? - Fife Free Press (35%, 542 Votes)
- Our Jo - Yorkshire Evening Post (30%, 466 Votes)
- Unlawful Killing - Liverpool Echo (14%, 213 Votes)
- Devastation - Express & Echo (11%, 177 Votes)
- Durham Light Infantry Somme memorial - Northern Echo (6%, 94 Votes)
- You're Behind The Times - Sunderland Echo (4%, 60 Votes)
- A World in One Street - Leicester Mercury (4%, 55 Votes)
- We're Out - And He's Out Too - Manchester Evening News (2%, 27 Votes)
- Baby Rapist - North West Evening Mail (1%, 18 Votes)
- My Stepdad was a monster - The Argus (1%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,563
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I went for Jo, best photo of the lot, looks like a professional took that one! Some are terrible, but goes to show you the state of the regional press if these are the best front pages of the year.
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Jo for me as well. Who is this Alan Murray who won SPOTY?
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The J page for me too. Lovely use of photo and headline. Simple, effective.
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What a weak set of front pages to choose from, the Jo and the Northen Echo are the only 2 that have any creativity, how using a picture so big it starts to break up (NWevMail) can even be considered?
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I’m swimming against the tide judging by Mark Waugh’s ‘likes’ but I think they all have merit.
As a Trinity-Mirror cast-off, it galls me to say the Liverpool Echo’s treatment of Hillsborough was absolutely brilliant and the clear winner!
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Who on Earth nominated the NWEM page?
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The worst splash of 2016 was surely spotted by my girlfriend in Sussex in a JP weekly “paper”. while staying with relatives.
“Christmas is coming.” They don’t come any more desperate than that.
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It’s panto season paperboy so – Oh Yes They Do!’
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