WOULD-be newshounds Kieron Clark, Kieran Kaye and Amy Millar (pictured) are dab-hands with a pen and note pad.

And now they're hoping to land the interview of a lifetime with the Prime Minister's wife Cherie Booth.

Leyland Seven Stars Primary School pupil Rosie, nine, has already planned the questions she would like to put to Downing Street's first lady, if she is one of three lucky youngsters to have a cuppa with Cherie on February 24.

Citizen editor Naomi Bunting is among a panel of judges sifting through the 100-150 word entries to discover who has come up with the best reason why they would like tea with Cherie.

The winners will be whisked off to number 10 to meet Mrs Blair before being taken on an exciting tour of the State Rooms and have their photograph taken with Cherie as a memento of their day.

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