A Tory candidate has brought a local press campaign to secure a £70m local college campus to the attention of his leader David Cameron.

Steve Barclay, prospective Tory candidate for North East Cambridgeshire, took a copy of the Cambs Times to a recent Tory conference highlighting its campaign originally launched last April.

Mr Cameron was photographed reading the paper with Mr Barclay (below), and both discussed the importance of bringing the college to March, Cambridgeshire.

Mr Barclay said: “Mr Cameron was understandably not in a position to comment on our specific plans locally at our meeting, but he was interested in what we are trying to achieve and agreed that the new campus would act as a catalyst for growth.”

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Fashion magazine Vogue is running its annual talent contest for young writers.

The prize comprises £1,000 and a month’s paid work experience at Vogue. The runner-up will receive £500.

Entrants must be under 25 on 1 January this year and write three separate pieces to be considered.

Closing date for entries is 9 April – full details are available at vogue.co.uk.

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The National Union of Journalists is running a series of training courses aimed at those based in Wales.

On 29 March in Cardiff there is a one-day seminar in screenwriting, followed by writing your first book the next day.

On 31 March and 1 April there are classes in feature writing and setting up a blog runs on 16 April.

All these classes take place in Cardiff. For details and other pending courses email [email protected] or call 01291 671 485.

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A debating event entitled ‘The Future of News’ is being held in London later this month.

Those taking part include journalists AA Gill, Andrew Neil and Matthew Parris.

Subjects on the agenda include the demise of newspapers and traditional media and the implications of new technologies such as blogging.

It starts at 6.45pm on 24 March at Methodist Central Hall Westminster.

Click through for more details and tickets.

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Free national daily newspaper the Metro has secured the contract to be distributed at bus and underground stations in London.

The ten-year contract was up for renewal next month with Transport for London agreeing an extension for another seven and a half years.

Metro will available at around 250 underground locations and 14 bus stations.

The paper is also distributed at train stations and in large towns and cities across the UK.

Comments

biter (18/03/2010 14:00:36)
Nice puff for the Tory. I mean is there any justication for that story at all?

FAST WOMAN (19/03/2010 13:42:20)
‘On 29 March in Cardiff there is a one-day seminar in screenwriting, followed by writing your first book the next day.’
There you go – just take a one-day course and the very next day you can write a novel!