Designer gives bags to charity

Tesco store Designer Cath Kidston and Tesco have teamed up to help the environment and raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

New shopping bags designed by Ms Kidston will be sold in larger Tesco stores from July, priced at £3.50 - 50 pence of which goes to the charity.

The bags are made entirely of recycled plastic and there will be six designs released over the coming six months.

It is hoped that buying the bags will reduce consumers' need for plastic bags, thus helping the environment.

Sean Carroll, Marie Curie Cancer Care PR Executive, said that the charity's partnership with Tesco was hoped to raise around £2.5 million.

"This will fund an additional 125,000 hours of nursing care for patients and their families," he added.

Modbury in South Devon became the first place in Europe to become a ''plastic bag-free zone'' in May last year.