Major retailers will defy the Bank of England's deadline for the old £10 note by continuing to accept it for weeks afterwards.

Aldi, Morrison's and Iceland will extend the cut-off for the paper tenners, which officially go out of circulation after March 1.

The move, which is likely to create confusion among shoppers, comes after Tesco and Sainsbury's said they would be sticking to the official deadline.

It comes after retailers continued to give out the old Charles Darwin £10 notes right up to the deadline because the Bank of England did not issue guidance telling them not to.