STAFF from a Darlington shopping centre will fly the flag for the Tees Valley after learning about what the area has to offer.
Eight security and cleaning staff from the Cornmill Shopping Centre took part in My Tees Valley, a training scheme run by tourism board Visit Teesvalley.
Security officer Peter Byrne, who recently moved to the area, said: "I have already had the chance to put the training into practice after a customer asked me about the Joseph Pease statue outside of the centre, which I would not have been able to answer previously.
"It is nice to be able to provide people with information, and I think even the more local members of the team got a lot of additional knowledge from the training session."
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