News UK journalists and titles have been nominated for an impressive 41 British Press Awards, which celebrate the very best of UK national newspaper journalism.

These include four nominations for the prestigious News Reporter of the Year accolade - with Dipesh Gadher (The Sunday Times), Sian Griffiths (The Sunday Times), The Sunday Times Insight team and Andrew Norfolk (The Times) among the six finalists in the best reporter category.

The Times has the most nominations with the Daily Mail at 20, closely followed by The Sunday Times on 19. The winners will be announced at the London-based ceremony held on March 10.

Five defending News UK winners have again made the shortlist. They are Anthony Lloyd (The Times), foreign reporter; best sports team, The Times; showbiz, Dan Wootton (The Sun); cartoonist, Peter Brookes (The Times) and broadsheet feature writer, AA Gill (The Sunday Times).