KIDS will soon be able to follow in the footsteps of a Morecambe man and throw themselves off buildings and wing walk with the help of a new stunt school.

Martin Shenton, who has appeared in a long-list of hit films and TV programmes thanks to his daring deeds, has been given planning consent to open the school on Regent Road in Morecambe.

Martin, who lists the James Bond hit Tomorrow Never Dies' and films such as The Plan Man, Wire in the Blood and others on his CV, has already forked out £180,000 to do up a building so that local people can learn the basics of stunt work.

He plans to have several studios, a climbing wall and a wire walk outside from the top floor of his building for those who dare...

A professional stuntman for 10 years, Martin already runs the Lancashire Tae Kwan Do Academy - a martial arts school - in the resort.

But he says his new venture, which won the green light from Lancaster city council planners on Monday, will take his teaching onto another level.

Classes in wire work, choreographing fight scenes, trampolining, climbing and archery will pop up on the menu from next March if all goes to plan.

"I plan to put on a variety of classes for people to learn the basics of stunt work as there is so much that goes into it," says Martin, who trained for four years to become a stuntman.

"I never had access to something like this but it means things like trampolining, which are the skills needed for stunts, can be done in a safe environment."

He says: "There is nothing for kids around here yet there is a large pocket of talented people who just need somewhere to showcase it.

"These are skills I have learned and it seems silly not to put them to some good use."

He believes martial arts can help people to be creative as well as to defend themselves.

"These classes will get children and adults back into sport in a new and innovative way and show them how sport plays a huge part in films and stage work."

Martin, who lives in Morecambe with his wife and two children, bought the dilapidated building last spring and says doing it up has become his full-time job.

The former brickie shelled out £2,000 just to clear rubbish from the building and has already decked out one room with a wooden floor and mirrors.

Now he has got the go-ahead for his ambitious plan he says he will steam ahead' to get the school up and running by Easter.