The Daily Record takes top Scottish newspaper accolade

Last night, the paper also picked up the gong for Front Page of the Year for its Fadiator, James McFadden/Gladiator picture on the day of the must win, Scotland home tie against Italy.

The paper’s long time agony aunt, Joan Burnie also received a lifetime achievement award.

Below are the winners and nominees:

Lifetime Achievement Award: Joan Burnie

Journalist of the Year: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald

Newspaper of the Year: Daily Record

Sports Photographer of the Year: Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman; runner up: Kenny Ramsay, Scottish Sun.

Nominated: Thomas Main, Freelancer

Colin Mearns, The Herald

Kenny Ramsay, Scottish Sun

Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman

Phil Wilkinson, Scotland on Sunday

News Photographer of the Year: Andrew Milligan, Scottish Press Association; runner up: Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman

Nominated: Brian Anderson, News of the World

Peter Kelly, Scottish Sun

Alasdair Macleod, Sunday Mail

Andrew Milligan, Scottish Press Association

Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman

Cartoonist of the Year: Steven Camley, The Herald; runner up: Brian Adcock, Scotland on Sunday

Nominated: Brian Adcock, Scotland on Sunday

Frank Boyle, Edinburgh Evening News

Steven Camley, The Herald

Bill McArthur, The Herald

Nick Newman, The Sunday Times Scotland

Young Journalist of the Year: Ryan James Crighton, The Press & Journal; runner up: Steve Dinneen, Sunday Mail

Nominated: Lisa Boyle, Ayrshire Post

Ryan James Crighton, The Press & Journal

Steve Dinneen, Sunday Mail

Rachelle Money, Freelance

Richard Winton, The Herald

Alice Wyllie, The Scotsman

Gaelic Journalist of the Year: Murchadh MacLeoid, Scotland on Sunday; runner up: Alasdair H Caimbeul, The Scotsman

Nominated: Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul, An Gaidheal Ur

Alasdair H Caimbeul, The Scotsman

Iseabail T NicDhòmhnaill, The Scotsman

Murchadh MacLeoid, Scotland on Sunday

Neil McRae, The Scotsman

Weekly Newspaper of the Year: The Falkirk Herald; runner up: Dumfries & Galloway Standard

Nominated: Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser

Ayrshire Post

Dumfries & Galloway Standard

The Falkirk Herald

West Highland Free Press

Arts / Entertainment Journalist of the Year: Anna Burnside, The Sunday Times Scotland; runner up: Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday

Nominated: Matthew William Bendoris, Scottish Sun

Anna Burnside, The Sunday Times Scotland

Brian McIver, Daily Record

Phil Miller, The Herald

Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday

Magazine Writer of the Year: Michael Tierney, The Herald; runner up: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday

Nominated: Torcuil Crichton, Sunday Herald

Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday

Barry Didcock, Sunday Herald

Susan Swarbrick, The Herald

Michael Tierney, The Herald

Political Journalist of the Year: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald; runner up: Peter MacMahon, The Scotsman

Nominated: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald

Hamish MacDonnell, The Scotsman

Peter MacMahon, The Scotsman

Gerri Peev, The Scotsman

Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood Magazine

Columnist of the Year: Ian Bell, Sunday Herald; runner up: John MacLeod, Scottish Daily Mail

Nominated: Ian Bell, Sunday Herald

Tom English, Scotland on Sunday

John MacLeod, Scottish Daily Mail

Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood Magazine

Hardeep Singh Kohli, Scotland on Sunday

Financial / Business Journalist of the Year: John Penman, The Sunday Times Scotland; runner up: Ian McConnell, The Herald

Nominated: Simon Bain, The Herald

Greig Cameron, Business 7

William Lyons, Scotland on Sunday

Ian McConnell, The Herald

John Penman, The Sunday Times Scotland

Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday; runner up: Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail

Nominated: Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail

Allan Brown, The Sunday Times Scotland

John Bynorth, Sunday Herald

Maureen Culley, Scottish Daily Mail

Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday

Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald

Sports Scoop of the Year: Darren Tulett, Freelance – The Real Story Behind Le Guen’s Exit from Ibrox; runner up: Gary Ralston, Daily Record – Hibs Revolt

Nominated: Neil Cameron, Daily Record – Back on the Bevvy

Keith Jackson, Daily Record – You’re rumbled

Gary Ralston, Daily Record – Hibs revolt

Darren Tulett, Scotland on Sunday – The real story behind Le Guen’s exit from Ibrox

Sports Feature Writer of the Year: Tom English, Scotland on Sunday; runner up: Hugh MacDonald, The Herald

Nominated: Douglas James Alexander, The Sunday Times Scotland

Richard Bath, Scotland on Sunday

Tom English, Scotland on Sunday

Hugh MacDonald, The Herald

Richard Wilson, The Sunday Times Scotland

Sports News Writer of the Year: Iain King, The Scottish Sun; runner up: Brian Marjoribanks, Scottish Daily Mail

Nominated: Roger Hannah, The Scottish Sun

Iain King, The Scottish Sun

Brian Marjoribanks, Scottish Daily Mail

Scott McDermot, Sunday Mail

Derek McGregor, The Scottish Sun

Front Page of the Year: Daily Record, Fadiator; runner up: Sunday Mail, The Bombers

Nominated: Daily Record, Fadiator

Evening Express, You Traitors

Sunday Mail, The Bombers

The Scotsman, 1707 For Better or Worse

The Scottish Sun, They'll Have My Balls for This

Journalist Team of the Year: Daily Record, Doctor Deaths Lethal Payload; runner up: Scottish Daily Mail, Bombs: Two Doctors Held

Nominated: Daily Record, Doctor Deaths Lethal Payload

Scottish Daily Mail, Bombs: Two Doctors Held

Scottish Daily Mail, Freed to Murder

Scottish Sun, Doctor Deaths/Lair of Terror

Sunday Mail, The Bombers

Campaign of the Year: Daily Record, Living on a Knife Edge; runner up: Evening Times, War on Litter

Nominated: Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, Election Campaign Explodes

Daily Record, Living on a Knife Edge

Evening Express, Brain Unit Saved

Evening Times, War on Litter

The Courier, Bridge Tolls

Scoop of the Year: Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald – Labour leader tight-lipped on tax-exile’s donation; runner up: Jack Mathieson Daily Record – Breakthrough as Vicky DNA found in Tobin House

Nominated: Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald – Labour leader tight-lipped on tax-exile’s donation

Peter MacMahon The Scotsman – How a council boss cleaned up

Jack Mathieson Daily Record – Breakthrough as Vicky DNA found in Tobin House

Marcello Mega Scotland on Sunday – Not Guilty

Nicholas Sharpe Scottish Sun – A free Mone

Reporter of the Year: Charles Lavery, Sunday Mail; runner up: Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald

Nominated: Lucy Adams, The Herald

Allan Caldwell, Freelance

Michael Howie, The Scotsman

Charles Lavery, Sunday Mail

Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald