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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

51 per cent pass rate for NCE

A 51 per cent pass rate in the National Certificate Examination means that 136 candidates have qualified as journalists. A total of 265 candidates sat the National Certificate Examination in April at 16 centres across the UK, as well as

Spooky picture causes a stir in Wiltshire – and beyond

A mysterious “ghost” picture taken at a haunted pub by a photographer from the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald has created international interest. The Gazette website – thisiswiltshire.co.uk – attracted more than 100,000 extra page impressions within a day of the

News in brief

Plus: Archant helps homeless people escape the poverty trap – and more news in brief

Editor retires after second stint in hotseat

David Cullimore, editor of the Dursley based Gazette series in Gloucestershire, is to retire in February 2005. He will be succeeded by Skip Walker, currently editor of the Stroud News & Journal and Independent series. Born in Bristol, David (pictured)

Every girl's dream?Jen's day with the firemen

Whether it’s the New York firefighters or the actors of London’s Burning – there’s always a certain ‘something’ about those brave recruits in uniform. Jen Bishop, of the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald, wasn’t slow to take her chance to join

Together we can boost sales

Teamwork between editorial, sales and promotions is the key to boosting regional newspaper sales. That will be one of the key messages at the Newspaper Society’s two-day annual newspaper sales conference which started in Manchester today. More than 300 delegates

Labour of love over maternity threat

Five hundred people took to the streets of Devizes to protest against the possible closure of local hospital maternity units. The march was led by a vintage bus owned by Newsquest, the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald’s parent company, with editor

Knees up (literally) for Gazette staff

Keep-fitters from the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald were put through their paces in a bid to raise money for charity. Chippenham-based reporter Dean Valor (pictured below) and Jill Crookes (in the blue top) from the Devizes office, joined a fitness

Hotline continues to get results

A drugs hotline set up by a newspaper six months ago is proving a continued success. At first, the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald’s Shop A Pusher initiative was launched for only one week in conjunction with Wiltshire Constabulary. But after