A hairdresser picked up a cheque for £1,000 after winning a shopping centre competition.

Kelly Waters, 20, scooped the cash during a Grab a Grand challenge at Darlington's Cornmill Centre, on Bank Holiday Monday. Throughout the day, shoppers entered a cubicle where they had to grab cascading pieces of paper.

Miss Waters, of Eldon Street, Darlington, caught the most.

Assistant centre manager Susan Young said lots of people had taken part in the challenge.

"It was really difficult, but really good fun, and people were staying to watch all day," she said.