A NEWTON Aycliffe newsagent wants customers to know his shop is staying open - despite his post office shutting down.

Neville Parade Post Office will close on Wednesday as part of Post Office Limited's urban restructuring scheme.

But owner Stephen Holmes said it would be business as usual for Stevens newsagents, in the same building, which is expanding. "We are making the shop bigger, putting in more stock and so forth and we want customers to know that we will still be there."