A STOCKTON shopping centre has been declared a boredom-free zone next week.

Shoppers young and old will be entertained by a host of family entertainers who are visiting Wellington Square shopping centre from Wednesday to Saturday.

The fun begins with the Crazy Bears, who will bring their all-singing, all-dancing show to the centre and will be encouraging shoppers to join in.

Over the rest of the week there will be Punch and Judy shows, face painting and balloon modelling, the Harlequin Stilt Walkers and Babu Zukini, a mini circus show featuring unicycling, juggling, plate spinning and more.

Rob Gildersleeve, Wellington Square centre manager, said: "We promise our line-up of entertainment will be a hit with children off all ages, so let us have the pleasure of entertaining them with what we guarantee will be a boredom-free zone."