SHOPPERS can take part in a Good Friday service at an unusual venue tomorrow.

Middlesbrough town centre chaplain, the Reverend Andy Byng, will conduct a 30-minute service in the Cleveland Centre, from 11am. Ministers from the town centre's six churches will attend the service, which has become an annual event.

Mr Byng said: "Quite a few people stop and listen to the service, which is traditional with a lot of singing."

Cleveland Shopping Centre manager David Ward said: "It gives our customers the chance to pause for thought on this special day.