Dementia-friendly carpark opens

Car parking spaces are designed to make life easier for dementia sufferers and their carers. Credit: ITV News Tyne Tees

Middlesbrough's first Dementia Friendly car park is open.

The need for safer parking was highlighted during a consultation event with carers and people living with dementia.

The bays, at the High Street shopping centre, are wider and have been painted with a Forget Me Not symbol.