A TALENTED young artist is to go into the finals of a national competition after she entered a contest at her local supermarket.

Emily Mosely, aged ten, from Darlington, entered the design-a-bug competition in the Darlington branch of Asda and won first prize.

As well as being entered into the finals of the national competition, she was also presented with a large cuddly bug as a prize.

Jane Chapman, the store's event coordinator, said: "The winner of the national competition will get free entry into London Zoo.

"We had a lot of entries and they were all very talented. The runners-up were also presented with stationery sets."