The Guardian has been crowned British Press Awards newspaper of the year.

The award, judged for the first time by an academy of more than 130 senior figures in journalism, recognises the success of the switch to Berliner format. It is, according to the judges “a newspaper package that exudes confidence”.

The event at the Dorchester Hotel saw other notable winners including the Daily Mirror taking scoop of the year for its ‘Cocaine Kate’ expose of Kate Moss, and arch-rival The Sun winning front page of the year with ‘Harry the Nazi’. The Sun’s Oliver Harvey was reporter of the year. In all, nine of the 21 awards went to tabloids.