Inverness Courier reporter Helen Paterson has won this year's TSMurray Award, for the best performance in the National Certificate Examination by a candidate from a Scottish newspaper.

Helen, who until recently worked for the Midlothian Advertiser in Dalkeith, near Edinburgh, received the award from the Society of Editors (Scotland).

She also collected £250.

The award is presented annually, in memory of a distinguished editor from Fife, for the best performance by a candidate in Scotland in either of the NCTJ's National Certificate Examinations.

Helen, (pictured), was presented with a certificate at the Midlothian Advertiser office from Roy Scott, Johnston Lothian editor-in-chief and vice-chairman of the Society of Editors (Scotland).

She gained the NCE last spring.

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