The Gazette newspaper has said it will not use press facilities to cover Middlesbrough FC home games as its stand-off with the club over apparent reporting restrictions placed on two of its journalists continues.

The Teesside title said it had been told by the championship club that journalist Dominic Shaw had been denied media accreditation for a friendly game against German side Augsburg on Saturday.

“The Gazette therefore declined an invitation for another reporter who was given permission to cover the game from the club ‘s press facilities,” the paper said on its website Gazette Live.