CAREERS service workers have been praised after gaining extra qualifications.

Connexions County Durham, formerly the Careers Service, organised a reception for ten members of staff who achieved level five in a diploma in management.

Their qualifications were recognised at an event in Aykley Heads House, Durham, last night, which was hosted by Janice Bray, executive director of Connexions County Durham.

The successful candidates were: Chris Tennick; Stephen Crass; Lindsay Adams; Richard Allnutt; Judith Bowman; Katherine Bradley; Judith Wood; Tracy Walters; Fiona Hartley and Glynis Holmes.