Join us here from 9pm for coverage of the British Press Awards 2008 - dodgy wireless reception in London's Grosvenor House hotel notwithstanding - organised by our good friends at Press Gazette.
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8.45pm: and host Jon Snow introduces the first award is for the night young journalist of the year. Expectant hush.
There are two high commended awards - Helen Pidd of the Guardian and Jerome Taylor of the Independent.
The winner is unanimous - KATE MANSEY of the SUNDAY MIRROR. She wins a £5,000 travel bursary. "It's great to have Jon Snow say 'go for it baby'" she tells the crowd.
For Cartoonist of the Year, again two highly commended awards, to David Brown of the Independent and Ingram Pinn of the Financial Times. The winner is MATT PRICHETT OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AND SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. "He nails it every day," says Snow.
For Critic of the year, Ally Ross of the Sun and AA Gill of the Sunday Times, both TV critics, are highly commended.
CHARLES SPENCER OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH wins critic of the year. He praises his arts editor Sarah Crompton. "You go through down periods where you don't feel sure of your place on teh paper and she's been hughly supportive," says Spencer, spectacles balanced on his forehead.
Digital journalist is the next category, the first time the award has been staged. Daniel Finkelstein is highly commended but the winner is SEAN SMITH OF THE GUARDIAN. His picture editor Roger Tooth accepts on Smith's behalf, saying he is brave journalist but shy and retiring.
Interviewer of the year is next, and Simon Hattenstone of the Guardian and Nigel Farndale of the Daily Telegraph are highly commended.
The winner is freelance CHRISSY ILEY, who write for both the OBSERVER MAGAZINE AND SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE.
9.15pm
Showbiz reporter of the year: SEAN HAMILTON, SUNDAY MIRROR highly commended: Sara Nathan, the Sun; Katie Nicholl, Mail on Sunday
Sports photographer of the year: ANDY HOOPER, DAILY MAIL highly commended: John Giles, PA; Marc Aspland, the Times
Photographer of the year: JEREMY SELWYN, LONDON EVENING STANDARD Highly commended: Andrew Parsons, Martin Rickett, both PA
Sports journalist of the year: MARTIN SAMUEL, THE TIMES Highly commended: Donald McRae, the Guardian; Paul Kimmage, the Sunday Times
Supplement of the year: LIVE & YOU, MAIL ON SUNDAY (shock result - a double winner!) Highly commended: Weekend, the Guardian
9.30pm Loud cheers... from the Red bar upstairs. The Arse have equalised, making it 2-2 in the champions league second leg clash with Liverpool at Anfield. And who said hacks aren't interested in awards...
9.45pm: After a speech by David Cameron "I haven't come here to try and suck up to you" it is time for the website of the year award.
Highly commended: The Times and the Daily Telegraph Winner: GUARDIAN.CO.UK Director of digital content EMILY BELL praises her bosses, the Scott Trust, editor Alan Rusbridger, her website team and journalists at the Guardian, Observer and Guardian.co.uk, saying, "this almost makes up for Arsenal".
Scoop of the year Highly commended: Daily Mirror, Stuart Maclean, Canoe's this in Panama. and Jonathan Oliver in the Mail on Sunday for Labour's Donors. Winner: TOM NEWTON DUNN, THE SUN for Friendly Fire Kills Matty Hull
Columnist of the year Highly commended: Lucy Kellaway, Financial Times and Janice Turner of the Times Winner: MATTHEW NORMAN OF THE INDEPENDENT He gives one of the best winners speeches ever: "I've had a few so I am going to say that you very much, indeed this is a delight". He then sits down.
Campaign of the year A hotly contested category. Highly commended: Daily Mail, Ben Parkinson campaign, The Guardian, BAE Scandal. Winner: THE SUN, Help our Heroes Tom Newton Dunn takes to the stage for the second time of the evening.
Feature writer of the year Highly commended: David Smith, Sunday Times, Ariel Leve, freelance, Sunday Times Winner: AA GILL, SUNDAY TIMES "The best just got better," says Snow.
10.30pm update
And the Pool won 4-2 - get in! Anyway, where were we...
Business and finance journalist of the year: GILLIAN TETT, FINANCIAL TIMES Highly commended: Simon Fluendy, Mail on Sunday; Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
The Cudlipp award: HELP FOR HEROES CAMPAIGN (COLLECTED BY TOM NEWTON DUNN), THE SUN Judges "especially impressed" by: Friendly fire cover up, the Sun; Robert Mone murders, Daily Record
Political journalist of the year: PHILIP STEVENS, FINANCIAL TIMES Highly commended: Daniel Finkelstein, FT; Jonathan Oliver, Mail on Sunday
Foreign reporter of the year: GHAITH ABDUL-AHAD, THE GUARDIAN Highly commended: Christina Lamb & Marie Colvin, both Sunday Times
Reporter of the year: TOM NEWTON DUNN, THE SUN Highly commended: Andrew Gilligan, London Evening Standard; Gillian Tett, FT
10.45pm
And the big winner of the night so far is... TOM NEWTON DUNN of the Sun. Scoop & reporter of the year in the bag, plus the campaign & Hugh Cudlipp awards, which he had a big hand in.
11.15pm
Hermione - we never said it was going to be a live blog, did we?! Anyway, it's the Premier Awards - sharp intake of breath, if you will...
International journalist of the year: EMADEDDIN BAGHI, IRAN (couldn't attend as he's in prison) Highly commended: Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, Mexico (facing prison)
Journalist of the year: ANDREW GILLIGAN, LONDON EVENING STANDARD (spin that, Ken...) Highly commended: Tom Newton Dunn, the Sun; the late Bill Deedes, Daily Telegraph
Newspaper of the year: FINANCIAL TIMES Highly commended: Daily Mail, the Sun
Press Gazette special award: PAUL DACRE (quite a turnaround after Associated Newspapers boycotted the BPAs two years ago during the Freud/Morgan regime)
At the end of the night, here is a tally of award winners:
The Sun - 4 Financial Times - 3 The Guardian - 3 Sunday Mirror - 2 Sunday Times - 2 Daily Mail - 2 Evening Standard - 2 Daily Telegraph - 2 The Observer - 1 The Independent - 1 Mail on Sunday - 1 Sunday Telegraph The Times - 1 Daily Mirror - 0 (thanks for coming) News of the World - no nominations (thanks for not coming - they boycotted)
Here's what we wrote last month about some of the nominations, and here's the skinny on the contenders for the top prizes, to be handed out by MC Jon Snow towards the end of the evening - international journalist of the year, journalist of the year, newspaper of the year.
Here's the full list of nominees:
Newspaper of the year Daily Mail Financial Times Mail on Sunday The Observer The Sun Sunday Times
Journalist of the year Nick Davies - the Guardian Andrew Gilligan - Evening Standard Rebekah Wade - the Sun Tom Newton Dunn - the Sun Christina Lamb - Sunday Times Bill Deedes - Daily Telegraph
Reporter of the year Tom Newton Dunn - the Sun Dennis Rice - Mail on Sunday Andrew Gilligan - Evening Standard Gillian Tett - Financial Times Stephen Wright - Daily Mail David Leppard - Sunday Times John Kay - the Sun Lori Campbell - Sunday Mirror
Young journalist of the year Kate Mansey - Sunday Mirror Helen Pidd - the Guardian Claire Newell - Sunday Times Natasha Pearlman - Daily Mail Stewart Maclean - Daily Mirror Patrick Foster - the Times Jerome Taylor - the Independent
Feature writer of the year Amelia Hill - the Observer Andrew Malone - freelance (Daily Mail) AA Gill - Sunday Times Sarah Ebner - freelance (The Times, Daily Telegraph, Jewish Chronicle) David Smith - Sunday Times Ariel Leve - freelance (Sunday Times)
Foreign reporter of the year Christina Lamb - Sunday Times Ghaith Abdul-Ahad - the Guardian Marie Colvin - Sunday Times Kim Sengupta - the Independent Deborah Haynes - the Times Dan McDougall - the Observer
Political journalist of the year Daniel Finkelstein - the Times Philip Stevens - Financial Times Matthew D'Ancona - Sunday Telegraph Quentin Letts - Daily Mail Jonathan Oliver - Mail on Sunday Peter Oborne - Daily Mail
Showbusiness reporter of the year Fiona Cummins - Daily Mirror Emma Donnan - the People Vanessa Thorpe - the Observer Sara Nathan - the Sun Katie Nicholl - Mail on Sunday Sean Hamilton - Sunday Mirror
Critic of the year Ally Ross - The Sun Brian Sewell - Evening Standard Anthony Quinn - The Independent Charles Spencer - Daily Telegraph Matthew Norman - the Guardian AA Gill - Sunday Times
Business and finance journalist of the year Gillian Tett - Financial Times Simon Fluendy - Mail on Sunday Jeff Randall - Daily Telegraph Alex Brummer - Daily Mail Jeremy Warner - the Independent Chris Blackhurst - Evening Standard
Interviewer of the year Nigel Farndale - Sunday Telegraph Cole Morton - Independent on Sunday Chrissy Iley - freelance (Observer Magazine, Sunday Times magazine) Deborah Ross - the Independent Simon Hattenstone - the Guardian Ginny Dougary - the Times
Columnist of the year Matthew Norman - the Independent Lucy Kellaway - Financial Times Janice Turner - the Times Craig Brown - Daily Telegraph Johann Hari - the Independent Polly Toynbee - the Guardian Rod Liddle - Sunday Times
Cartoonist of the year Chris Riddell - the Observer Peter Brookes - the Times David Brown - the Independent Matt Pritchett - Daily and Sunday Telegraph Ingram Pinn - Financial Times Stan McMurtry - Daily Mail
Digital journalist of the year Sean Smith - the Guardian Toby Harnden - Daily Telegraph Daniel Finkelstein - the Times Declan Walsh - the Guardian Clancy Chassay - the Guardian Chrystia Freeland - Financial Times
Sports journalist of the year James Lawton - the Independent Martin Samuel - the Times David Conn - the Guardian Donald McRae - the Guardian Paul Kimmage - the Sunday Times Henry Winter - Daily Telegraph
Photographer of the year Andrew Parsons - Press Association Jeremy Selwyn - Evening Standard Richard Pohle - the Times Peter Nicholls - the Times Dylan Martinez - Reuters Martin Rickett - Press Association
Sports photographer Andy Hooper, Daily Mail Marc Aspland, the Times Bradley Ormesher, Daily Mirror David Ashdown, the Independent Dylan Martinez, Reuters John Giles, Press Association
Scoop of the year Tom Newton Dunn, the Sun, for "Friendly fire kills Matty Hull" Stephen Moyes, Daily Mirror, for "Amy's man is cuffed and off to the cells" Jonathan Oliver, Mail on Sunday, for "Labour's third largest donor/Labour's second largest donor is foreign" Ian Gallagher, Mail on Sunday, for "Richard and Judy quiz scam" Stewart Maclean, Daily Mirror, for Canoe's this in Panama David Leigh and Rob Evans, the Guardian, for "BAE accused of secretly paying £1bn to Saudi Prince" Holly Watt and Robert Winnett, Sunday Times, for "MP hires son on expenses"
The Cudlipp Award The Sun - football ticket prices campaign Daily Record - Robert Mone murders David Leigh, Splash News (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror) - Canoe man mystery The Independent - illegal bank charges scandal The Sun - Help For Heroes campaign Daily Mirror - Gurkha war heroes The Sun - Friendly fire cover-up
Website of the year Daily Telegraph Sun Online Guardian.co.uk Daily Mail Daily Mirror Times Online
Supplement of the year You - Mail on Sunday Weekend - the Guardian The New Review - Independent on Sunday Sunday Times Magazine Live - Mail on Sunday Culture - Sunday Times
Campaign of the year Care for war veterans - the Observer (Ned Temko and Mark Townsend) Ben Parkinson campaign - Daily Mail (Matthew Hickley) Help For Heroes - the Sun (Tom Newton Dunn) BAE scandal - the Guardian (David Leigh and Rob Evans) Nimrod - Sunday Times (Michael Smith) Unfair bank charges - the Independent (home news team)
