LOCALTEA POT TALES A NOMINEE IN NATIONAL AWARDS AND NEEDS YOUR VOTES!

The voting lists for the prestigious What's On 4 2010 Awards have just been announced - and Exmouth's storytelling sessions for young children 'Tea Pot Tales' is there!

Cara Stratford, a mum of two, from Exmouth who created Tea Pot Tales is a nominee in the Best Local Activity for under 5's category meaning that she received enough nominations from parents to go through to the voting stage. She is incredibly pleased at the nomination and more so because it has been local parents who put her forward for the award. She juggles her work life with a young family and this award nomination sees the hard work she puts into Tea Pot Tales.

NOW CARA IS ASKING ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN, BEEN TO OR HEARD ABOUT TEA POT TALES TO VOTE FOR HER!

From now until the end of April 2010, you can log onto www.whatson4littleones.co.uk to vote for Tea Pot Tales. (In Best Local Activity for Under 5's category)

And everyone who votes has a chance to bring their family to the awards ceremony at the Baby Expo Brighton to meet the award presenter Phil Gallagher aka Mister Maker in person!

For more about Tea Pot Tales please contact Cara Stratford on 01395 223497 / cara@teapottales.co.uk or check out www.teapottales.co.uk

Thank you!

Createxe is a brand new group devoted to the creative talent in Exmouth. From artists, photographers and designers, the Createxe 365 is a year long project designed to showcase this talent.

Everyday now for the period of 1 year, the 365 project will post images of work done by a range of different creative trades. The group has already had a huge success with new business partnerships and relationships formed by many of it's members, this is the aim of the group which aims to showcase Exmouth as a creative centre for which it should be.

To join in the group, all you need to do is click the image to take you to the Createxe website and use the contact details provided or contact us with the llink at the bottom of the page where we will put you in touch organiser Michael Greenland.

Today (28 January 2010) saw a serious blaze in Exmouth Town Centre. The fire started at about 13:15 and by 13:30, the area as far up as the Wine of Araby and Urban Republic was evacuated due to the toxic smoke with police lines stopping access to the area for public safety. It was about 16:00 that the smoke had started to clear and people were alowed to re-enter the Magnolia Centre as far as the British Heart Foundation. The immediate area still remains closed at present.

The fire caused a great deal of disruption in the town with traffic being diverted around smaller side streets to avoid the risk to safety by the smoke that filled the air. The cause of the fire is, as of yet, still unknown.

The picture to the left shows the smoke from Bargains Galore as taken by ElectroCam. You can see the street filling up with the toxic smoke.

This week, there has been a armed robbery in Tesco Metro. The attack happend on the 26th January at about 21:00 hours with a 20 year old man making away with approximatly £s;300.

The police spent most of Wednesday tracking the path of the man who was seen running past the Exmouth Town Centre Webcam towards Exeter Road with police being called in from Exeter to help with the investigations. Reports show the man has now been caught and no weapons were discharged in the incident.