List of British Press Awards Scoops of the Year
Encyclopedia
The Scoop of the Year award is one of the honours given annually by the British Press Awards
.
British Press Awards
The British Press Awards is an annual ceremony that celebrates the best of British journalism. Established in the 1970s, honours are voted on by a panel of journalists and newspaper executives...
.
| Year | Newspaper | Scoop | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | News of the World News of the World The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations... |
Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy | Associated award: reporter Mazher Mahmood Mazher Mahmood Mazher Mahmood is an undercover reporter with The Sunday Times newspaper. He previously spent 20 years working for the defunct British tabloid newspaper News of the World. He has been dubbed as "Britain’s most notorious undercover reporter."... won "News Reporter of the Year" Nominees: David Laws expenses scandal, The Daily Telegraph; Vince Cable undercover sting, comments, The Daily Telegraph; WikiLeaks revelations (Afghan War files, United States diplomatic cables leak United States diplomatic cables leak The United States diplomatic cables leak, widely known as Cablegate, began in February 2010 when WikiLeaks—a non-profit organization that publishes submissions from anonymous whistleblowers—began releasing classified cables that had been sent to the U.S. State Department by 274 of its consulates,... ), The Guardian; phone hacking scandal, The Guardian; FIFA World Cup corruption scandal, The Sunday Times; Wayne Rooney vice allegations, Sunday Mirror; "secret life of Jon Venables", Daily Mirror. |
| 2010 | The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B... |
United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal triggered by the leak and subsequent publication by the Telegraph Group in 2009 of expense claims made by members of the United Kingdom Parliament over several years... |
Associated awards: The Daily Telegraph was named the "National Newspaper of the Year" for its coverage of the scandal, with William Lewis William Lewis (journalist) William Lewis is a British journalist who is a member of News Corporation's Management and Standards Committee. It is responsible for helping the police and other bodies find out the facts about the News of the World phone hacking scandal. The MSC is also charged with implementing new rules for... winning "Journalist of the Year" for his role. |
| 2009 | The Mail on Sunday The Mail on Sunday The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011... |
Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row The Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row concerned a series of voice messages that English entertainers Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross left on the answering machine of actor Andrew Sachs, which were labelled obscene by many media commentators and politicians... |
Reporter: Miles Goslett |
| 2008 | The Sun | 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident The 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident was a friendly fire incident involving two United States Air Force Air National Guard 190th Fighter Squadron attack aircraft, and vehicles from the United Kingdom's D Squadron, The Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry, and... |
Associated awards: "Reporter of the Year", for reporter Tom Newton Dunn |
| 2007 | Daily Mirror | John Prescott John Prescott John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott is a British politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour Member of Parliament from 1970 to 2010... affair with his diary secretary |
Reporter: Stephen Moyes |
| 2006 | Daily Mirror | "Cocaine Kate" (Kate Moss Kate Moss Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on... ) |
Reporter: Stephen Moyes |
| 2005 | News of the World News of the World The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations... |
"Beckham's secret affair" | Story: David Beckham David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C... affair with Rebecca Loos Rebecca Loos Rebecca Loos is a Spanish-born Anglo-Dutch model and media personality, who was brought to media attention following claims that she conducted an affair with the married football player David Beckham—while employed as his personal assistant... |
| 2004 | Daily Mirror | 'Intruder at the Palace' | Associated award: reporter Ryan Parry awarded the "Hugh Cudlipp award" for outstanding tabloid journalism |
| 2003 | Daily Mirror | 'Sven and Ulrika' | Story: Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City.... affair with Ulrika Jonsson Ulrika Jonsson Eva Ulrika Jonsson is a Swedish television presenter in the UK, who became famous as a TV-am weather presenter and moved on to present Gladiators and became a team captain of the show Shooting Stars.-Early life:... |
| 2002 | The Sun | 'Baby traders' | Reporter: Briony Warden. Story: "how Alan and Judith Kilshaw adopted twins over the internet" |
| 2001 | The Independent on Sunday | 'GM crops' | Reporter: Geoffrey Lean. Story: "ministers had secretly sanctioned trials of GM crops Genetically modified plant Genetically modified plants are plants whose DNA is modified using genetic engineering techniques. In most cases the aim is to introduce a new trait to the plant which does not occur naturally in this species... ". |
| 2000 | News of the World News of the World The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations... |
"Archer quits" | Story: withdrawal of Jeffrey Archer from the London mayoral election of 2000 London mayoral election, 2000 The first election to the office of Mayor of London took place on 4 May 2000.-Results:¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates... over allegations of perjury in a 1987 libel trial |