At the Regional Press Awards 2007 ceremony in London on Friday, there were three North West winners while a further four were ‘highly commended’. All three regional winners came from the CN stable. The Cumberland News was the only title at the awards with an interest in two winning categories.
The three regional winners were John Colman of the Cumberland News, Anne Pickles of Cumbrian Newspapers and the Cumberland News.
 John Colman
Pickles picked up the feature writer of the year (weeklies again) and the Cumberland News won weekly of the year in the over 20,000 circulation category.
 Anne Pickles
Neil Hodgkinson, editorial director of Cumbrian newspapers, is clearly building a successful team at the family owned company.
Two other regional journalists picked up ‘highly commended’ nominations, both from the Liverpoool Echo - Adrian Butler and Christopher Bascombe, while the Lancashire Evening Post and the MEN were highly commended respectively in the under 40,000 and over 40,000 circulation daily paper categories.
The MEN is currently enjoying one of its most successful periods for several years in terms of awards and nominations with its web site recently being voted newspaper web site of the year ahead of the Guardian and the Times.
The full list of regional winners was:
Young Journalist of the Year
Adrian Butler, the Liverpool Echo, highly commended
Sports Journalist of the Year (Weekly)
John Colman, The Cumberland News
Sports Journalist of the Year (Daily & Sunday)
Christopher Bascombe, the Liverpool Echo, highly commended
Feature Writer of the Year (Weekly)
Anne Pickles, Cumbrian Newspapers
Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Over 20,000 circulation)
The Cumberland News
Daily & Sunday Newspaper of the Year (Under 40,000 circulation)
The Lancashire Evening Post, highly commended
Daily & Sunday Newspaper of the Year (Over 40,000 circulation)
The Manchester Evening News, highly commended
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