A REGULAR caller to a local radio station has agreed to walk through town in a bikini after losing a bet on air.

The woman, known to listeners as Lusty Linda, calls in to DJ Dave Lee every morning on Darlington-based Alpha Radio.

She constantly embarrasses the presenter on air and last week challenged him to turn the tables on her.

Linda said: "If he lost the bet he had to walk from Woodlands Road to the market in a dress and a wig.

"I was adamant I was going to win, so I said I would do anything he wanted if I lost and he said I'd have to do it in a bikini."

Dave had until Linda's birthday yesterday to make her look a fool and on Wednesday he succeeded when she mispronounced a word.

Linda, 33, said: "I lost the bet, but I told him I wouldn't do it - but my friends said I should."

Linda has turned the challenge into a sponsored event to raise money for a trip for pupils at Firth Moor Junior School.

She added: "I'll do the walk whenever he wants - but I'll get my own back . . . eventually.