AN initiative to give teenagers the chance to develop their interest in the arts is looking for budding reporters from the North.

Blast, a BBC initiative, is looking for 16 to 19-year-olds to take part in the Young Reporter Scheme.

Successful applicants will be given an eight-week unpaid work experience placement on the BBC's Where I Live websites, writing about the arts in their area and building on their writing and reporting skills.

They are needed to cover York, Newcastle and Middlesbrough, part tim