TEIGNMOUTH'S town clerk stormed out of a council meeting after a furious row with a councillor over an 'untidy office.'

Dave Tickell saw red when veteran member Cllr Vince Fusco complained that the front office at Bitton House was 'a bit untidy' and did not give a good impression to the public who called in.

He emphasised he was not casting aspirations on the staff, but thought the office should be tidied up.

This provoked an angry reaction from Mr Tickell, who had earlier clashed with Cllr Fusco over the resort's CCTV system (see page 3) and told him he should have come and seen him first, rather than bringing it up in public. <