The Herald has been nominated in a number of categories at the prestigious Regional Press Awards.
The awards celebrate UK based journalists and publications who are producing innovative, exciting and erudite journalism on a regional level.
The Herald's writer-at-large Neil Mackay has been nominated in no fewer than four categories, including Feature Writer of the Year and Crime & Investigative Reporter of the Year.
Our front page exclusive on Banksy's Cut & Run show in Glasgow is up for Front Page of the Year and Michael McKenzie, who put it together, is also in the running for Designer of the Year.
Martin Williams is nominated for Reporter of the Year, Specialist Journalist of the Year and his 'Mutiny At Sea' exclusive is up for Scoop of the Year.
Catriona Stewart, writer-at-large for The Herald, has been nominated for Opinion Writer of the Year and for her work writing about Glasgow's asylum and refugee communities in the Reporting Communities of the Year category.
Regional press awards nominees
Crime & Investigative Reporter of the Year
Phil Coleman, Newsquest Cumbria
Jonathan Humphries, Liverpool Echo
Neil Mackay, The Herald
John Scheerhout, Manchester Evening News
Dan Taylor, The Mail
Charles Thomson, Newsquest
Campaign of the Year
Awaab’s Law, Manchester Evening News
Dual The A9, The Inverness Courier
Knife Crime, The Northern Echo
Our Communities Together – a cost of living crisis appeal, Newsquest Wales
Save Our Railway Ticket Offices, Western Morning News
Stop Knives Taking Lives, ChronicleLive/The Chronicle
Specialist Journalist of the Year
Ciaran Barnes, Sunday Life
Eddie Bisknell, Derbyshire Live/Derby Telegraph
Kirsten Elder, Belfast Telegraph
Conor Gogarty, WalesOnline
Will Hayward, WalesOnline
Neil Mackay, The Herald
Liam Thorp, Liverpool Echo
Martin Williams, The Herald and Herald on Sunday
Supplement of the Year
Amazing Welsh Homes, Western Mail
BUSINESSiQ, The Northern Echo
Journal 150th special edition, Newmarket Journal
The Northern Echo Weekend Memories, The Northern Echo
Reflections (finding hope after tragedy), Ulster Herald
Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards, Sunday Life
Weekend magazine, Western Mail
Feature Writer of the Year
Beth Abbit, Manchester Evening News
Ruby Kitchen, The Yorkshire Post
Ffion Lewis, WalesOnline
Neil Mackay, The Herald
Sam McBride, Belfast Telegraph
Elliot Ryder, Liverpool Echo
Stephen Topping, Manchester Evening News
News Website of the Year
Belfast Telegraph
ChronicleLive
KentOnline
Southern Daily Echo
Suffolk News
WalesOnline
Opinion Writer of the Year
Chris Donnelly, The Irish News
Will Hayward, WalesOnline
Neil Mackay, The Herald
Sam McBride, Belfast Telegraph
Sara Robinson, WalesOnline
Catriona Stewart, Herald & Times
Phil Wisdom, Cornwall and Devon Media
Young Journalist of the Year
Phoebe Abruzzese, The Northern Echo
Tom Bedworth, Warrington Guardian
Tom Burgess, The Northern Echo
Ethan Davies, Manchester Evening News
Lucy John, WalesOnline
Hannah Richardson, LeicestershireLive
Lily Shanagher, Henley Standard
Abi Whistance, Mill Media Co
News Brand of the Year (Large)
Belfast Telegraph
The Irish News
KentOnline
The Northern Echo
Sunday Life
WalesOnline
Yorkshire Evening Post
News Brand of the Year (Small)
Cambrian News
Cambridge Independent
Camden New Journal
The Detail
The Oxford Times
South Wales Echo
UlsterHerald, TyroneHerald, Strabane Chronicle
Reporter of the Year (Daily)
Phil Coleman, Newsquest Cumbria
Sophie Doughty, Newcastle Chronicle
Conor Gogarty, WalesOnline
Lucy John, WalesOnline
Sam McBride, Belfast Telegraph
Hannah Richardson, LeicestershireLive
Liam Thorp, Liverpool Echo
Martin Williams, The Herald and Herald on Sunday
Reporter of the Year (Weekly)
Paul Derrick, Bury Free Press/Suffolk News
Gemma Gardner, Cambridge Independent
Ciaran O’Neill, Sunday World
Sharon O’Neill, Sunday Life
Gill Sutherland, Stratford Herald
Charles Thomson, Newsquest
Ellis Whitehouse, Essex Live
Reporting Communities Award
Greater Govanhill CIC
The Herald
The Inverness Courier
Ipswich Star
LeicestershireLive/Leicester Mercury
Sports Journalist of the Year
Neil Allen, Portsmouth News
Steven Beacom, Belfast Telegraph
Jon Colman, Newsquest Cumbria
Luke Jarmyn, Freelance
Ciaran Kelly, ChronicleLive/The Journal
Joe Thomas, Liverpool Echo
Stuart Watson, East Anglian Daily Times/Ipswich Star
Photographer of the Year
Rob Browne, WalesOnline
James Hardisty, The Yorkshire Post
Tony Johnson, The Yorkshire Post
Simon Hulme, The Yorkshire Post
Kevin Scott, Belfast Telegraph
Mark Williamson, Stratford Herald
Designer of the Year
Dawn Egan, The Irish News
Raymond Esteban, Belfast Telegraph
Nancy Fallows, Newsquest
Duncan Jackson, National World
Michelle Lockwood, National World
Michael McKenzie, The Herald
Front Page of the Year
How could this happen? – Belfast Telegraph
Banksy – The Herald
Senseless – Nottingham Post
Tragedy and Riot – South Wales Echo
Blind Courage – Sunday World
Lyon-Hearts – Western Mail
Plans row turns ugly – Wiltshire Times
Best Live Coverage
Belfast Telegraph
Belfast Telegraph – Visuals Team
Birmingham Mail/ Birmingham Live
Chester Standard
Essex Live
LeicestershireLive
Manchester Evening News
WalesOnline
Digital Initiative of the Year
Manchester Evening News
Public Notice Portal (PNP)
Newsquest
Reach plc WhatsApp Communities
Surrey Live – Bake On Bake Off
The Northern Agenda
WalesOnline
Scoop of the Year
Back from the Dead, The Northern Echo
Councillors used ‘back door’ to beat parking fines, Liverpool Echo
Exposed: Our hidden camera uncovers exploitation and pressure-selling at direct sales firm, WalesOnline
‘I was drunk’, confesses witness in murder case, Newsquest Investigations
Michael O’Brien: ‘I killed him’, Nottinghamshire Live/the Nottingham Post
Mutiny at Sea, The Herald/Herald on Sunday
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