The Press and Journal dominated at the Scottish Press Awards in Glasgow last night - scooping Front Page of the Year for its "The Traitors" splash, calling out Labour's betrayal of the North Sea.
The design, a play on the hit reality TV show, featured key Labour figures - Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Ed Miliband, and Anas Sarwar - cloaked up like character in the BBC show.
The front page, superbly designed by Roddie Reid, highlighted Labour's backtracking on promises made to the oil and gas sector and and business community over policies impacting the North Sea.
It followed a scathing attack on the party from Ryan Crighton, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce's director of policy, calling out Labour's "betrayal" of the region putting 100,000 jobs on the line.
Editor Craig Walker accepting the award.
Editor Craig Walker said: “Last year was an exceptional year for The Press and Journal for so many reasons and I was delighted for us to receive 14 nominations at the Scottish Press Awards.
“Winning five awards and being highly commended in another four tonight gives us a further boost on top of knowing we are producing stories which champion and campaign for our communities.
“Our newsroom has evolved in a major way in recent years but at the heart of everything we do are the communities we serve, and have done for more than 275 years, across the north and North-east."
Meanwhile, the P&J's Sean Wallace landed Sports Journalist of the Year and crime and court reporter Bryan Rutherford cleaned up with a hattrick of awards, winning Specialist Reporter of the Year, Regional Journalist of the Year and Journalist of the Year.
Bryan accepting one of his three awards.
Bryan said: "All us journalists are only as good as our sources who courageously take risks to do the right thing and highlight goings on that rightly need to be challenged - using us as a vehicle to publish their stories and ultimately hold power to account.
"These awards that I’ve won are as much their achievements as they are mine and a credit to the people who’ve entrusted me to write often about the very worst times in their lives in their hope that lessons can be learned, our region’s public bodies will do better, and our communities live happier.
"We’re living in a sadder world than we were just a few years ago, with so many people suffering injustices and I’m thinking of all of them as I prepare to travel back from Glasgow to the north-east with my trophies.
"I am honoured to be recognised but it’s undoubtedly because I work for a newspaper that’s staffed with brilliant minds and amazing talent who work hard together, around the clock to deliver for our readership."
Other recognitions included Keith Findlay who came runner-up for Financial/Business Journalist of the Year, Lindsay Bruce for the Nicola Barry Award, and Dale Haslam for Regional Journalist of the Year.