AN exclusive members' card scheme offering shop discounts has been featured in the second edition of a shopping guide.

The Unique brochure features shops across Darlington and discounts of between five and 25 per cent.

Shops in the town hope the guide will help them fight back against the current recession and attract shoppers to the town.

It has been sent out to 26,000 homes in the town and across the area. A further 5,000 are available from shops and the tourist information centre.

The guide is also colour coded to help shoppers find their way around the town.

Town centre manager Christine Kavanagh said: "The Unique guides are a really important part of the retailers' and our plans for helping them to fight this recession.

"We want to make sure people across the region know what we have here and how special the mix of independent shops is in Darlington. They won't get the same retail experience anywhere else."

For more information about the guides and register for the members card scheme see www.darlington.towntalk.co.uk or contact 01325-388665.