List of British Press Awards Scoops of the Year
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The Scoop of the Year award is one of the honours given annually by the British Press Awards.
| Year | Newspaper | Scoop | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Sun | "Huw Edwards Charged With Indecent Images"[1] | |
| 2024 | Financial Times | "How Crispin Odey Evaded Sexual Assault Allegations for Decades"[2] | Associated award: FT Weekend Magazine, in which the piece ran, won "Supplement of the Year". |
| 2023 | The Sun | "[Matt] Hancock's affair with aide"[3] | Associated award: The initial story was the focus of the "Front Page of the Year - Tabloid". |
| 2020 | Daily Mirror and The Guardian (joint winners) | Dominic Cummings breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules[4] | Associated award: Pippa Crerar of the Mirror won "Political Reporter of the Year". |
| 2019 | The Daily Telegraph | "Sir Philip Green and Britain’s #MeToo scandal"[5] | Associated awards: reporter Claire Newell was joint recipient of "News Reporter of the Year", and the story was the focus of the "Front Page of the Year". |
| 2018 | The Times | "Oxfam staff paid Haiti survivors for sex"[6] | Associated award: reporter Sean O'Neill won "News Reporter of the Year". |
| 2017 | The Sunday Times | "Police: We found porn on deputy PM’s computers" as part of the 2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations.[7] | Won by Tom Harper, Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Richard Kerbaj.[7] |
| 2011 | News of the World | Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy[8] | Associated award: reporter Mazher Mahmood won "News Reporter of the Year"[9] 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), 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.[10] |
| 2010 | The Daily Telegraph | United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal | Associated awards: The Daily Telegraph was named the "National Newspaper of the Year" for its coverage of the scandal, with William Lewis winning "Journalist of the Year" for his role.[11] |
| 2009 | The Mail on Sunday | Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row | Reporter: Miles Goslett[12] |
| 2008 | The Sun | 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident | Associated awards: "Reporter of the Year", for reporter Tom Newton Dunn[13] |
| 2007 | Daily Mirror | John Prescott affair with his diary secretary | Reporter: Stephen Moyes[14] |
| 2006 | Daily Mirror | "Cocaine Kate" (Kate Moss) | Reporter: Stephen Moyes[14] |
| 2005 | News of the World | "Beckham's secret affair" | Story: David Beckham affair with Rebecca Loos |
| 2004 | Daily Mirror | 'Intruder at the Palace' | Associated award: reporter Ryan Parry awarded the "Hugh Cudlipp award" for outstanding tabloid journalism[15][16] |
| 2003 | Daily Mirror | 'Sven and Ulrika' | Story: Sven-Göran Eriksson affair with Ulrika Jonsson[17] |
| 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".[18] |
| 2000 | News of the World | "Archer quits" | Story: withdrawal of Jeffrey Archer from the London mayoral election of 2000 over allegations of perjury in a 1987 libel trial |