Sky News beat BBC News to be named news channel of the year at the Royal Television Society awards last night, while Channel 4 News took home seven awards including the prize for daily news programme.

Television journalist of the year went to Andy Davies of Channel 4 News, with the broadcaster also winning scoop of the year for its work on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

It further took home prizes for news coverage, both at home and abroad, and young talent, while Dispatches won the international current affairs category for Myanmar’s Killing Fields.