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Successful NCE candidates – Spring 2004

The following candidates, listed under the centre at which they sat the examination, have now gained the National Certificate. Click here to see the successful photographers. BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY Lily Canter Wiltshire Gazette & Herald; Guy Collender The News, Portsmouth; Thomas

43 per cent pass rate for Autumn NCE

The National Certificate has been awarded to 103 candidates who sat the NCE earlier this year – a pass rate of 43 per cent. Just under half the 239 candidates entered for the exam have qualified as journalists after sitting

News in brief

Celebrity pens special blog. Plus: News’s ale auction boosts charity funds – and more news in brief

News in brief

The Press Association has strengthened its news and entertainment coverage in America with two new appointments. Victoria Ward is the new New York correspondent, while current news correspondent Mark Sage will remain in America to become PA Entertainment’s New York

News in brief

The Haverhill Weekly News has been cleared of wrongly dismissing two receptionists.An employment tribunal threw out claims of constructive unfair dismissal against the pair, who were part-time workers, and said that the company had the right to allocate specific days

CCTV footage may help solve journalist death riddle

Closed-circuit TV pictures of a cyclist being sought in connection with the murder of a former local newspaper journalist have been released by detectives. Ted Rhodes, (69), who used to work for the Wandsworth Borough News, was found dead at

Publishing company charity boosts garden oasis

Improvements to a colourful garden oasis have been made possible by the owners of the Wandsworth Borough News. The Gannett Foundation, the charitable arm of the American owners of Newsquest Media, donated £10,000 to Share Community, a Battersea charity which

Relaunch for newly-acquired title

Just four months after its purchase by Newsquest, the Wandsworth Borough News is to be relaunched on November 2. South London Guardian, part of Newsquest (London), has announced a range of initiatives for the 120-year-old newspaper as the first stage

Dimbleby go-ahead

The Competition Minister has agreed to allow Newsquest to go ahead with its acquisition of the Dimbleby Newspaper Group without an official inquiry. The consent was given because the eight papers involved, the Richmond & Twickenham Times; Kingston, Surbiton, &

Newsquest buys Dimbleby Newspapers

Newsquest has bought the long-established local newspaper group, DimblebyNewspapers, which is headed by broadcaster David Dimbleby. The deal, still subject to clearance by the Trade Secretary, covers nine titles in London. The Richmond & Twickenham Times; Kingston, Surbiton & New