News and Views
March 27, 2018 No Comments

Eastbourne Herald: 26 March

East Sussex | Residents urged to raise money for closing library
Bexley Times: 27 March
Hopes high for planned cinema and library in Sidcup
News Shopper: 27 March
Bexley | Arthouse cinema planned for old Blockbuster shop in Sidcup
Holsworthy Post: 27 March
Cornwall | Feasibility study to look at the future of the library service in Launceston
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News and Views
March 23, 2018 No Comments

Eastbourne Herald: 23 March
East Sussex | Date announced for closure of seven libraries
Express & Star: 23 March
Wolverhampton | Penn Library officially open again after £60,000 makeover
Derby Telegraph: 23 March
Look which city library is first in the city to be run by volunteers.
Sutton Guardian: 23 March
Sutton Central Library: Reopening date announced after refurbishment
Bibliotek
News and Views
March 22, 2018 No Comments

The Guardian: 21 March
Government may intervene in Northampton library closures
Barnet Unison: 22 March
Fire safety issues in Barnet Libraries
Times & Star: 22 March
Cumbria | Town council to pay for library newspapers
Wellington Weekly News: 22 March
Somerset | Decision delayed on town library
Champion News: 22 March
Lancashire | Library opening hours to change following public consultation
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News and Views
March 21, 2018 No Comments

PRIVATE EYE
Issue No.1466 (p.35)
Library News:  Northamptonshire
In all good newsagents today
Labour List: 21 March
Outsourcing fails public services – Tory Barnet ‘easyCouncil’ chaos is proof
‘Libraries have been privatised, slashing space and leaving them unstaffed up to 80 per cent of the time.’ https://labourlist.org/2018/03/outsourcing-fails-public-services-tory-barnet-easycouncil-chaos-is-proof/
Heart: 21 March
Cumbria | Ambleside Library Reopens
News & Star: 21 March
Cumbria | Workington Library to close for refurbishment
North Wales Chronicle: 21 March
Anglesey | “Innovative” partnership saves Rhosneigr library
Warrington worldwide: 21 March
MP wants findings of LiveWire review made public
The Pool: 21 March
Libraries offered me escape, safety and possibility when I was at my most vulnerable

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News and Views
March 20, 2018 No Comments

The Bookseller: 20 March

Government to intervene in Northamptonshire library closures
LGA: 20 March
Northamptonshire | Council faces government probe into library cuts
Banbury Guardian: 20 March
Culture secretary to probe Northamptonshire library closures
Plymouth Herald: 20 March
Exciting new chapter for St Budeaux revealed
Hartlepool Mail: 20 March
Durham | New library is set to open in autumn
Milton Keynes Citizen: 20 Mar
Bletchley library re-opens after state-of-the-art modernisation
In Your Area: 20 March
Wokingham | Earley Lib Dems drum up support for fight against library closure
This is the West Country: 20 March
Cornwall | Falmouth Town Council is extending the opening hours of its library service
Weston Mercury: 20 March
Somerset | Do you think the libraries should be closed? Have your say
Herford Times: 20 March
County council agrees rent-free lease on building it transferred to town council ownership
Daily Echo: 20 March
Hampshire | Town library closes for revamp – and will be fit for a wedding
Daventry Express: 20 March
Could you help Daventry village group save its library?
Bibliotek
News and Views
March 19, 2018 No Comments

BBC News: 19 March
Northamptonshire County Council: Government to probe library cuts
DCMS: 19 March
Letter from Culture Secretary Matt Hancock, confirming a formal complaint under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964
Burnham-on-Sea.com: 19 March
Somerset | Council has ‘disturbed a hornet’s nest with anger’ over library cutbacks
Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News: 19 March
Somerset | Angry residents hit out at council’s decision to extend libraries consultation
The Bookseller: 19 March
Newborns in Swindon to receive Steve Antony library card
Bexley Times: 19 March
Crayford Post Office officially opened in library
Evesham Journal: 19 March
Dudley | Councillors clash over plans to close Woodside Library Link
The Villager: 19 March
Newspapers to disappear from Surrey’s libraries
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News and Views
March 17, 2018 No Comments

North Devon Gazette:17 March
Devon| Library opens new creative FabLab facility
Derby Telegraph: 17 March
When Derby will be without a city centre library
Derby Central Library to close and co-locate. Ten of the city’s libraries will be handed over to a local charity.
The Gazette: 17 March
South Gloucestershire | New community library opens in Hawkesbury Upton
Wellington Today: 17 March
Somerset | ‘Pressure Is on communities over libraries’ in face of cost-cutting plans
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News and Views
March 16, 2018 No Comments

ITV News: 16 March
Plymouth | Are pop-up libraries the solution?
Plymouth City council insists shutting five libraries and replacing them with a so called ‘pop-up’ version is working and was the right thing to do.

Grimsby Telegraph: 16 March

North East Lincolnshire | Library hours slashed and full day closures as council looks to cut costs
Eastbourne Herald: 16 March
East Sussex | Serious mistake to close libraries
Eastbourne Herald: 16 March
East Sussex | Help find a way to save library
Eastbourne Herald: 16 March
Bishop hits out over East Sussex library closures
BBC News: 16 March
Portsmouth libraries hope for return of ‘naughty’ books
No library fines for late returns or charges for reserving items introduced in three-year trial
The News: 16 March
UPDATE: Libraries in Portsmouth bid to get ‘naughty books’ returned
Milford Mercury: 16 March
Pembrokeshire | Work to start on £1.5m Neyland Athletic Club development
The £1.5m development will see the town council and the town library rehomed on the site.
Somerset Live: 16 March
Everything we know so far about the future of Highbridge Library as Somerset County Council extends consultation period

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News and Views
March 15, 2018 No Comments
Wales Online: 15 March
Carmarthenshire | A brand new fleet of mobile libraries is too low for tall people to stand upright in, a union has claimed
Express & Star:15 March
Staffordshire | Campaigners fighting to save village library
Bury Times: 15 March
Discussions taking place over future of Whitefield Library
Local college could take on the library as they need more space and have the pupils run the hub as part of the curriculum
Bury Times: 15 March
Tottington Library and Community Centre reopens after being saved from closure by volunteers
The Bookseller: 15 March
School pupils bring the fight for school libraries to Theresa May
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News and Views
March 14, 2018 No Comments

Reading Chronicle: 14 March

Liberal Democrat campaigners have urged Wokingham Borough Council to oppose the closure of Maiden Erlegh Library

Tamworth Informed: 14 March
Staffordshire | Libraries to offer more arts and cultural events
Hull Daily Mail: 14 March
Builders start work on a new library in Holderness Road
Fenland Citizen: 14 March
Stop ‘two-tier’ library system plea by Cambridgeshire opposition councillor Jocelynne Scutt who opposes charges plan
Daily Echo: 14 March
Southampton | Survey launched over bid to improve Cobbett Road Library
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News and Views
March 13, 2018 No Comments
ITV News: 13 March
Council to discuss future of libraries in Northamptonshire
Northampton Chronicle & Echo: 13 March
Tight timescale for groups hoping to run libraries in Northamptonshire revealed
Diss Express: 13 March
Suffolk | New chapter for Eye as library to go ahead
Hillingdon Times: 13 March
Kenton Library, Harrow, finally reopens
Redditch Advertiser: 13 March
Radical plans including demolishing the town hall and library to make Redditch “vibrant”

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News and Views
March 12, 2018 No Comments

Pontefract & Castleford Express: 12 March
Wakefield | Opening hours could be cut at Featherstone and Airedale libraries in move to save £300k
https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/opening-hours-could-be-cut-at-featherstone-and-airedale-libraries-in-move-to-save-300k-1-9059264
Alderley Edge.com: 12 March
Cheshire East | Have your say on proposed new library opening times
http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/17246/have-your-say-on-proposed-new-library-opening-times
Blackpool Gazette: 12 March
An important resource or on brink of redundancy?
Comments made on libraries as Blackpool puts premium membership scheme on hold while it consults on libraries
https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/an-important-resource-or-on-brink-of-redundancy-1-9058816
South Wales Argus: 12 March
Maindee library, in Newport, temporary closes its doors ahead of major works
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/16081569.Newport_library_temporary_closes_its_doors_ahead_of_major_works/
Bradford Telegraph & Argus: 12 March
Save Heckmondwike Library
‘It’s hard to believe but there is actually a Government Minister for Libraries called Michael Ellis, he doesn’t seem to have done anything about opposing library closures.’
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/16081660.READER_LETTER__Defending_our_libraries/
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News and Views
March 9, 2018 No Comments
Burnham-on-Sea.com: 9 March
Somerset | Highbridge’s Churchfield School pupils plea: ‘Save our town’s library’

Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News: 9 March
Somerset | ‘Save our library’ – Churchfield Church School joins campaign in a bid to block library closure
Wellington Weekly News: 9 March
Somerset | King’s Arms ‘could become library’
Gazette & Herald: 9 March
North Yorkshire | Volunteers are praised for saving Norton Hive Library and Community Hub
Redditch Advertiser: 9 March
Worcestershire | Redditch library to re-open after Job centre merger
Hastings and St Leonards Observer: 9 March
East Sussex | Letter: Ore Library closure is sadly necessary
Lancaster Citizen: 9 March
Libraries will be open for longer across Lancashire

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News and Views
March 8, 2018 No Comments

ITV News: 8 March
Somerset | Schoolchildren join the campaign to save local libraries

Chard & Ilminster News: 8 March

Somerset | Anger over MP’s silence on libraries at risk
BBC News: 8 March
Scottish Borders | Libraries no longer ‘places of silence’
Hastings & St. Leonards Observer: 8 March
East Sussex | Community bid to retain Ore Library
Swindon Advertiser: 8 March
Library volunteers to update residents on a successful year
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News and Views
March 7, 2018 No Comments
Northampton Chronicle: 7 March
‘Their collective silence has been deafening’ say library campaigners but Northamptonshire MPs hit back after criticism
The Argus: 7 March
Seven libraries in East Sussex are to shut down
Eastbourne Herald: 7 March
East Sussex | 80 years of use ‘swept aside’ as county council votes to close Willingdon Library
Western Telegraph: 7 March
Pembrokeshire | Town council’s people power plea to save Pembroke library
Huddersfield Examiner: 7 March
D-day looming for Calderdale libraries – but there’s time to have your say
Ipswich Star: 7 March
Suffolk | New library set to open at Ransome’s Pavilion in Ipswich’s Rushmere area
East Anglian Daily Times: 7 March
Suffolk County Council gives green light to plans for new Eye Library
Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News: 7 March
Somerset | Churchfield Church School joins campaign to save Highbridge Library
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News and Views
March 6, 2018 No Comments

BBC News: 6 March
East Sussex council closes seven librarieshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-43303795
Eastbourne Herald: 6 March
County Council slammed for ‘bad decision’ after voting to close Eastbourne libraries
Blackpool Gazette: 6 March
Fears over charges to use Blackpool libraries
Wharfedale Observer: 6 March
Campaigners join hands in bid to save Burley Library
Bibliotek
News and Views
March 5, 2018 No Comments
The Bookseller: 5 March
Northamptonshire Council is ‘failing in its legal duties’ with library closures
Blackpool Gazette: 5 March
Lancashire | Longer library hours but jobs put at risk
Scunthorpe Telegraph: 5 March
North Lincolnshire | Scunthorpe Central Library services unavailable this week as £1m transformation project continues
Petersfield Herald: 5 March
Surrey | Papers withdrawn from town library
East Anglian Daily Mail: 5 March
Plans for new library in Eye town centre, Suffolk, set to be approved
Pontefract & Castleford Express: 5 March
Wakefield | Library to close for refurbishment
North West Evening Mail: 5 March
Cumbria | Move to remove newspapers from town library defended by council
Times Series: 5 March
Barnet | Children protest dressed as thieves to show ‘robbery’ of library services

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News and Views
March 4, 2018 No Comments
Shoreham Herald: 4 March
Lincolnshire | A new chapter for volunteer-run library in Burgh le Marsh
Gazette Live: 4 March
Stockton | Under-threat library reopens after being given last-minute lifeline
volunteer-run library
NW Evening Mail: 4 March
Cumbria County Councillor condemns plans to remove newspapers from libraries
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