Libraries News Round-up: 19 May

Shields Gazette: 19 May
South Tyneside Council gives go-ahead for library plans consultation
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/south-tyneside-council-gives-go-ahead-for-library-plans-consultation-1-8550290

Northern Echo: 19 May
‘I should have listened to you’ – Labour’s Jenny Chapman to Darlington Crown Street Library campaigners
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15297692._I_should_have_listened_to_you____Labour_s_Jenny_Chapman_to_Darlington_Crown_Street_Library_campaigners/

Scottish Construction Now: 19 May
Fife | Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries open after decade long project
http://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/19132/dunfermline-carnegie-library-galleries-open-after-decade-long-project/

Guardian: 19 May
Plenty of reasons for poor people to vote Labour
Labour manifesto includes promise to protect libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/19/plenty-of-reasons-for-poor-people-to-vote-labour

Blackpool Gazette: 19 May
Blackpool library to shut while work is carried out
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/blackpool-library-to-shut-while-work-is-carried-out-1-8552119