Evening Standard wins top press awards

Andrew Gilligan was named Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

Judges at the awards, the most prestigious of the year for newspapers, praised Gilligan for his "relentless investigative journalism".

They said: "Andrew Gilligan is one of Britain's most courageous journalists, uncovering abuses at the heart of government and society that affect millions of people. There is no one else like him."

Jeremy Selwyn was named Photographer of the Year for an unprecedented third time.

The judges said his portfolio illustrated the best of newspaper photography.

He was praised for the depth and quality of his work, which included the defining image of a distraught Kate McCann the day after her daughter Madeleine went missing, and scenes of London life.

Paul Dacre, Editor in Chief of Associated Newspapers - publishers of the Evening Standard - and Editor of the Daily Mail, won the Press Gazette Special Award for his outstanding contribution to journalism.