Katie Hind

Katie Hind, the mistress of top showbusiness tell-alls, secured the interview that everyone wanted – an exclusive sit-down with Strictly professional Giovanni Pernice after he was accused of bullying his dance partner, actress Amanda Abbington. Pernice revealed the toll the scandal, which threatened to topple both his own career and the much-loved BBC show, took on him and his family.

Her interview with Lauryn Goodman, the woman branded ‘an evil homewrecker’ for her affair with married footballer Kyle Walker, revealed a side of her hitherto unseen by the censorious public. It wasn’t her finest hour, as she admitted, “but I’m not the first and I won’t be the last woman to have ever slept with a married man.”

And the interview with Marieangela King elevates the famously fraught relationship between mothers and their daughters-in-law to a new level. In discussing Cher’s failed attempt to get conservatorship over her son’s affairs, King reveals fascinating details of the singer’s life – like “she doesn’t drive, doesn’t make her own food or dress herself.” “The quality of writing is captivating and thorough, effectively balancing factual reporting with personal narrative to create engaging and empathetic stories,” said the judges. “She always delivers a strong news line.”