THE behaviour of drivers in a North-East town will be highlighted in a BBC1 television programme tonight.

Paralympic gold medallist Tanni Grey Thompson will patrol a car park in Darlington to challenge drivers not displaying a badge in disabled bays.

The Redcar athlete, who is Britain's most successful wheelchair athlete, will reveal her findings on the Inside Out programme at 7.30pm.

Mrs Grey Thompson said: "I don't need a space that is close to a shop.

"What I need is a wide space so I can open my doors on both sides, especially now that I have a little girl. But people just completely ignore where the lines are and park too close."

Gordon Pybus, from the Darlington Association on Disability, said the disabled bay parking system could not work on compassion and leaflets alone.

He said: "There is another alternative that the supermarkets would not like and that's to make all the parking bays in the car parks wider, then there would not be a problem."