More from our showbiz correspondent

Congratulations to the County Hall press office for being shortlisted in the "crisis communications" category at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Awards, for its handling of last year's floods. A posh dinner at the the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster, beckons on 1st June. £195 + VAT per person.

As I have blogged previously, the media industry has more than its share of awards dinners and I for one would not criticise the council if it sent an appropriate number of deserving representatives. Here's the shortlist:

Cornwall Council

Flooding in Cornwall

IPB Communications
Irlam Gas Explosion

NATS
Managing the Volcanic Ash Crisis

Thames Water Press Office
Winter 2010/2011

Yorkshire Water
The Big Freeze