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Union pushes for national talks as Newsquest drops 'pension bombshell'
£65m pension fund deficit claim could cost staff more than £40 a month to put right
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
Complaint is resolved with private letter of apology and in-paper tribute – plus more PCC news
Newsquest award winners
The Northern Echo has been named as Newsquest’s Daily Newspaper of the Year. Editor Peter Barron collected the award in a year in which his paper has already been named Best Daily Newspaper in the North East in the Tom
Newsquest awards shortlist revealed
Darlington is up against Swindon and York in the battle to be named Newsquest Daily Newspaper of the Year. The Northern Echo, edited by Peter Barron, hopes to crown a year in which it was named best daily newspaper in
Northern Echo named North East Newspaper of the Year
The Northern Echo was named Newspaper of the Year in the Transco Tom Cordner North East Press Awards. The Darlington-based paper carried off a clutch of other awards in a ceremony attended by more than 340 people at Newcastle Civic
Union pushes for national talks as Newsquest drops
£65m pension fund deficit claim could cost staff more than £40 a month to put right
'World scoop' for Northern Echo as Blair gives only interview on last day
Editor Peter Barron and political editor Chris Lloyd join their local MP on the train home
50% pass journalism NCE exams- full list of successful candidates
“Excellent individual answers on many papers,” say the examiners – see if you know anyone who passed
Successful NCE candidates – Autumn 2006
Fifty per cent of candidates pass NCTJ exams – see the full roll of honour here
Successful NCE candidates – Autumn 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 Kieran Fox Southern Daily Echo Angela Gallen Dorset Echo Lynn Jackson Daily Echo,
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
NCE success for 55 per cent of candidates
A 55 per cent pass rate in the Spring 2003 National Certificate Examination means that 156 candidates have qualified as journalists. A total of 286 candidtates sat the NCE in April at 16 centres across the UK. The candidates who
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
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Echo picture desk staff put on joint display
Exhibition by Northern Echo staff draws the crowds