The Daily Record was the big winner at last night’s Scottish Press Awards, scooping five awards including Newspaper of the Year

The Glasgow-based Record also triumphed in the Campaign of the Year, Sports News Writer of the Year, Political Journalist of the Year and Young Journalist of the Year categories, while the Fife Free Press won Weekly Newspaper of the Year for the second year running.

The Record’s coverage of the refugee crisis and the war on terror campaign #WeHaveRoom won it the campaign prize.

Another Glasgow-based daily, The Herald, won the Cartoonist of the Year and Sports Feature Writer of the Year accolades.

Commenting on the Record’s Newspaper of the Year win, chairman of the judges Austin Lafferty said: “A year after the referendum, the Daily Record is engaged by the power brokers, has a mass readership and looks after emerging talent in the industry.

“The Daily Record has survived the decline of the Labour party without falling, and is transcending the Scottish political landscape as well as building an aggressive new media strategy, keen to embrace our digital future.”

The Edinburgh Evening News won Front Page of the Year for its effort ‘Mince…’, pictured below.

The awards, in their 37th year, are organised by the Scottish Newspaper Society (SNS).

SNS director John McLellan said: “As always, the awards demonstrate the excellence of the journalism on display every day in Scotland, confirming the role of Scottish newspapers as key agenda-setters, opinion-formers and news-breakers with the powerful combination of print, online and mobile delivery.

“All our finalists tonight are worthy of heart-felt congratulations.”

The full list of award winners was:

Sports Photographer of the Year – Jeff Holmes, featured in the Glasgow Evening Times, Scotland on Sunday and The Sunday Times

News Photographer of the Year – Jeff Mitchell, Getty Images

Cartoonist of the Year – Steven Camley, The Herald

Young Journalist of the Year – Sarah Vesty, Daily Record

Weekly Newspaper of the Year – Fife Free Press

Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year – Matt Bendoris, Scottish Sun

Interviewer of the Year – Patricia Kane, Scottish Mail on Sunday

Political Journalist of the Year – David Clegg, Daily Record

Columnist of the Year – Chris Deerin, Scottish Daily Mail

Financial/Business Journalist of the Year – Erikka Askeland, The Press and Journal, Aberdeen

Feature Writer of the Year – Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail

Sports Feature Writer of the Year – Hugh MacDonald, The Herald, Glasgow

Sports News Writer of the Year – Keith Jackson, Daily Record

Innovation of the Year – Merry Christmas Loyal Customer, The Evening Telegraph, Dundee

Front Page of the Year – Mince, Edinburgh Evening News

Journalism Team of the Year – Scottish Sun for the M9 Police Call Centre Scandal

Campaign of the Year – Daily Record for the ‘Refugee Crisis and The War on Terror’ hashtag We Have Room

Scoop of the Year – Sunday Mail for The Forgotten Suspect by Jim Wilson and Brendan McGinty

Reporter of the Year – Mark Macaskill, Sunday Times

Lifetime Achievement Award – Bruce Waddell

Journalist of the Year – Mark Macaskill, Sunday Times

Newspaper of the Year – Daily Record