Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford has provided ample evidence tonight of why she has won an unprecedented three Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year prizes.

Sky News cameraman Martin Smith, deputy foreign editor Tim Miller and Crawford are the only western journalists present in Zawiyah to see the town come under attack from pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya. A special report is going out on Sky News at 9pm tonight.

Over three days she has chronicled the battle for the town and reported this evening that “Gaddafi’s military victory here is a fantasy”.