SUMMER fun begins today for young visitors to a Darlington shopping centre.

Kellar and His Krazy Kart will provide entertainment for children at the Queen Street Shopping Arcade, in the town, with 60-minute walkabouts starting at 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm.

There will also be face painting and more throughout the day, between 10am and 4pm.

Entertainment has been arranged for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays up until August 30, and this week's fun continues with Trumble the Stilt-walking Clown on Wednesday, and Magina the Magicienne on Friday.

Although face painting is free, there will be collection buckets around the arcade to raise funds for St Teresa's Hospice.

Centre manager Rory Fleming said: "Whatever the weather, Queen Street's Jubilee Summer of Fun will bring sunny smiles into the centre."