Tough times, kneejerk measures? The eight ways to cut
Worcestershire – Warndon, not (as previously stated) Wardle, is under threat
Local News – all news is representative and not comprehensive
Barnsley – closure date for Priory library -Star
Bolton – Author backs campaign to keep libraries open – Bolton News
– Bucks Advertiser (Jessica is 9 and has just met with the council’s head of Culture as well as organising a petition with 900 names to save her local libraries)
Croydon – Setting the Scene – That Woman’s Blog
Isle of Wight – Council responds on libraries legal action – Ventnor Blog (The comments section is always worth reading on the Ventnor Blog)
Leeds – Campaign group fights to save Leeds library [Rawdon] from cuts – Guardian Leeds
North Somerset – Tories too hasty, say opponents on council – This is Bristol (£9.7m upgrade to Council HQ, library would move into it
Suffolk – Campaign to save Lowestoft library gathers pace (Oulton Broad) – EDP24
Suffolk – Library users set to make a stand – Bury Free Press “Duncan Macpherson, Stowmarket town councillor, will be leading the group in a human chain around the library to protest against possible library cuts.”
Suffolk – Public tell county council bosses to cut their pay – EADT (100 at council meeting, 1 attended last year)
Warwickshire – Fight to save [Dunchurch] village library from chop – Rugby Observer
National News
Calls to read before buring clearly came too early for the go-ahead DCMS – Logalgov
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