The following candidates, listed under the centre at which they sat the Examination, have now gained the National Certificate:

Bournemouth
Daniel Bardsley, The News, Portsmouth;
Emma Barnett, The Southern Daily Echo;
Neville Dean, Western Morning News;
Miranda Holman, Dorset Echo;
Kristina Lloyd, Daily Echo, Bournemouth;
Fiona Pendlebury, Daily Echo, Bournemouth;
Melanie Roberts, Daily Echo, Bournemouth;
Jamie Thompson, Southern Daily Echo;
William Young, Chichester Observer;

Cornwall
Paul Armstrong, Packet Newspapers;
Louise Barnett, Western Morning News;
James Garnett, Evening Herald, Plymouth;
Karl Grafton, Herald Express;
Charles Morton, Evening Herald, Plymouth;
Timothy Platt, Herald Express;
Nicholas Warren, Express & Echo, Exeter;

Darlington
Guy Anderson, Sunderland Echo;
Richard Barker, The Northern Echo;
Victoria Clark, Westmorland Gazette;
Neil Gibson, Goole, Howden & Thorne Courier;
Justin Hawkins, Westmorland Gazette;
Ursula Hudson, Gazette & Herald;
Robert Macdonald, Darlington & Stockton Times;
Samantha Strangeways, Ilkley Gazette;
Laura White, Sunderland Echo;
Matthew Woodcock, York & County Press;

East Surrey
Helen Barnes, Surrey Comet;
Jeremy Dunning, Kent Messenger Group;
Royston Martis, Sevenoaks Chronicle;
Steven Shukor, Surrey Comet;
Nino Williams, Surrey Comet;

Gloucester
Richard Auty, South Wales Evening Post;
Philip Seton-Anderson, Oxford Mail;
Rachael Sugden, The Bath Chronicle;

Harlow
Paul Brackley, Hertfordshire Mercury Series;
Martin Davey, East Anglian Daily Times;
Frances Evans, Cambridge Evening News;
Mark Fenn, Brentwood Gazette;
Nicholas Golding, Enfield Gazette & Advertiser
Sue Gyford, Highbury & Islington Express;
Ivan Hirschowitz, Wanstead & Woodford Guardian;
Neil Jones, Evening Gazette, Colchester;
Mark Lewis, Bedfordshire Times & Citizen;
Glen Oldershaw, Braintree & Witham Times;
Benedict Pennington, Thurrock Gazette;
Joanne Riley, Cambridge Evening News;
Christopher Weeks, Southend Evening Echo;
Mark Whiting, This is Essex;

Harrow
James Coney, Berks & Bucks Observer;
James Cox, Bucks Free Press;
Kathryn Lay, Maidenhead Advertiser;
Oliver Rowland, Maidenhead Advertiser;
Tamsin Snow, Reading Evening Post;
Ronald Stewart, Maidenhead Advertiser;
Deborah Tucknott, Maidenhead Advertiser;

In office
Warren Bull, Eastern Daily Press;
James Campbell, Isle of Man Newspaper;
Jamila Farooqi, Stamford Mercury;
Nicholas Shaw, Northants Evening Telegraph;

Leicester
Timothy Booler, Pulse;
Nigel Chapman, Lincolnshire Free Press;
Neil Franklin, Peterborough Evening Telegraph;
Duncan Hall, Lynn News;
Emma Kingswood, Peterborough Evening Telegraph;
Thomas Mack, Peterborough Evening Telegraph;
Daniel Martin, Leicester Mercury;
Louise Parratt, Leicester Mail;
Fiona Waring, Derby Evening Telegraph;

Liverpool
Andrew Cronshaw, South Manchester Reporter;
David Crookes, Bolton Evening News;
Louise Cummings, Accrington Observer;
David Higgerson, Lancashire Evening Telegraph;
Annette Lord, Heywood Advertiser;
Julia Ravenscroft, Warrington Guardian;
Richard Toms, Oldham Evening Chronicle;

London
Richard Bryne, West Sussex County Times;
James Clarke, Hastings & St Leonards Observer;
Leilah Nicola, Worthing Herald;
Sarah Pitt, West Sussex County Times;
Katherine Simmons, Mid Sussex Times;

Scotland
Eleanor Pattinson, Fife Free Press;

Sheffield
Katharine Baldwin, Halifax Evening Courier;
Krista Beighton, Derby Evening Telegraph;
Tony Gardner, Wakefield Express;
Alexander Gore, Lincolnshire Echo;
Carly Howarth, Worksop Guardian;
Elaine Jinks, Halifax Evening Courier;
Kevin Peachey, Halifax Evening Courier;
Jacqueline Pryce, Lincolnshire Echo;
Daniel Sharp, Lincolnshire Echo;
Catherine Skidmore, Mansfield Chad;
Gareth Tidman, Macclesfield Express Advertiser;
Victoria Young, Halifax Evening Courier;

Wolverhampton
Michael Baggaley, The Sentinel;
Melina Cannon, Redditch Advertiser;
Matthew Danks, Dudley News;
Natalie Driver, Stourbridge News;
Benjamin Evans, Leamington Spa Courier;
Andrew Mann, Burton Daily Mail;
Sarah Portlock, Coventry Evening Telegraph;
Julian Seva, Redditch Advertiser;
Jayne Wassell, Stourbridge News;

Annual Awards

The Eric Dobson Memorial Award - £300
For the highest scoring candidate with a newspaper fromNorthumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and Cleveland:
Guy Anderson (Autumn NCE) - Sunderland Echo

T S Murray Award (Society of Editors, Scotland) - £100 and ascroll
For the best performance from an entrant from a Scottish newspaper;60% or more must be achieved in each section. Award not given.

Pamela Meyrick Memorial Award - £125
To the most promising trainee from the north of England and northWales:
Samantha Strangeways (Autumn NCE) - Ilkley Gazette

The Johnston Press Award

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