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Company awards at YRN

The Malton and Pickering Mercury won Newspaper of the Year at the recent Yorkshire Regional Newspapers Ltd Awards. Since re-launching, the title has doubled in circulation and campaigned for a Roman Fort to be excavated to form a major tourist

Successful NCE candidates – Autumn 2005

Read the full list of hard-working reporters who have qualified as seniors

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

Quirky photo contest: WIN £100

Bag yourself an extra Christmas present just by sending in your funny pictures

NCE success for ten regional photographers

Two Derby Evening Telegraph snappers get a distinction. See the full pass list and pics

Whitby to the Westcountry… and beyond – by moped

Adventurous photographer Doug Jackson has returned to the picture desk of the Whitby Gazette after taking part in an epic cross-country challenge. Doug, (28), was part of a team of five to complete a 1,000 mile trip from John O’Groats

Snapper prepares for cross-country charity challenge

Press snapper Doug Jackson is preparing to take part in an epic trip across Great Britain – travelling from John O’Groats to Land’s End on a moped. The Whitby Gazette photographer is planning to join a team of six on

News in brief

MD to leave after 18 years with Northcliffe. Plus: Mail readers help raise £2.5m – and more news in brief

Gazette campaign to raise £199,000 ends in celebration

Local landmark is restored to former glory thanks to newspaper’s involvement

Whitby Gazette's on top of the world

Newspaper reaches new heights as it is read at the summit of Mount Everest

N Yorks newspaper press set to close

Up to 11 jobs at risk in Johnston Press plan to send printing work to other centres

Paper celebrates with Special Edition brew

The Whitby Gazette has teamed up with local brewery Black Dog to launch a beer to mark the paper’s 150th anniversary. The 5.2 per cent bitter Whitby Gazette Special Edition is available at selected pubs in the Whitby area –

Nick wins editorship of Yorkshire weekly

The Bridlington Free Press has a new editor. Nick Procter, (34), has joined the newspaper from the Whitby Gazette, where he was deputy editor for three years. He has worked for Yorkshire Regional Newspapers since 1993, starting as a trainee

Gazette veteran retires after 50 years

Staff at the Whitby Gazette have waved farewell to friend and colleague Don Wood, who has retired after 50 years with the weekly paper. Don, (65), joined the Whitby title when he was just 15, working in the printing office,

New editor appointed at Scarborough title

Ed Asquith is to become the new editor of the Scarborough Evening News. Currently editorial director of the Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group, he will join the Scarborough title on June 30. He takes over from Paul Napier, who was appointed