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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

Three weeklies snapped up by Scottish publisher

The Dunfermline Press group has bought three Scottish weeklies for an undisclosed fee. The East Lothian Courier, which covers Haddington, the Galashiels-based Border Telegraph and its sister paper the Peeblesshire News, comprised the last family-owned weekly group in the Borders

New weekly hits city streets

A new weekly paper has hit the streets of West Fife, published by the Dunfermline Press Group. Dunfermline City Life will be published every Tuesday, complementing its well-established sister paper, the Dunfermline Press, which is published every Thursday. The new

All change in Slough

It’s all change at the Slough Observer as the paper welcomes a new editor along with several other new appointments. At the age of 30, Martin Biddle has become the youngest editor in the Observer’s parent group, Clyde and Forth

Weekly newspapers line up for annual industry awards

Journalists from weekly newspapers around the country are to gather in Warwickshire for the Weekly Newspaper Awards. The Forest of Arden Marriott hotel will host the Newspaper Society event on Thursday. The judges will reward both advertising and editorial successes

Contenders line up as judges make their choices

The finalists for the Newspaper Society Weekly Newspaper Awards 2004 are: Editorial categories Aberdeen IndependentBangor & Anglesey MailBirkenhead NewsBristol ObserverCornish GuardianDunfermline PressEdgware & Mill Hill TimesEssex ChronicleHinckley TimesHunts PostIsle of Man CourierKent on SundayKentish Express (Ashford)Kentish Gazette (Canterbury)Manchester Metro NewsNorth

Scottish press honoured

The Edinburgh Evening News has been named Newspaper of the Year at this year’s Royal Bank of Scotland Awards in Glasgow. The newspaper also won the Best News Coverage category. Ian Stewart, acting editor of the Evening News, said: “This