BBC: 31 July
Pupils unable to read is ‘a scandal’, says minister
Grimsby Telegraph: 31 July
North Lincolnshire | Work to begin on new £2m leisure, library and wellbeing hub
Waltham Forest Echo: 31 July
Libraries decision called into question
Eastbourne Herald: 31 July
East Sussex | Langney Library to reopen as community-run facility
Worcester Observer: 31 July
Library service closure on hold
Redditch Standard: 30 July
Worcestershire | Have your say as County Hall looks to make cutbacks in library services
The Irish News: 30 July
Linen Hall Library to close on Saturdays amid funding pressures
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 28 July
Wait for outcome of High Court hearing over plans to close 21 libraries in Northants
The Times: 28 July
Don’t write off the power of libraries in this digital age
Behind paywall
Leon’s Library Blog: 27 July
The Positive and Negative Impact of Using Volunteers in Public Libraries
Daily Record: 27 July
Elected members demand answers from council and Renfrewshire Leisure over mobile library bus
East London Guardian: 27 July
Waltham Forest | Library relocation approved despite fierce opposition
North Devon Gazette: 26 July
Barnstaple Library provider defends claims service is ‘at breaking point’
Read the claims made by an ex-staff member in an open letter reproduced here in full.
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 26 July
Legal battle to overturn Northamptonshire library closures begins
Newbury Today: 26 July
West Berkshire | Library closed through cuts set for new lease of life
Coventry Live: 26 July
New chapter for Earlsdon Library after closure threat
The library will now be managed by the Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library group after the last board scrapped the council’s deal.
Romford Recorder: 26 July
Public toilets, street lights and libraries facing the axe amid Havering Council budget cuts
The council is proposing a Community Hub model, where services such as libraries, children centres, housing offices, and the public advice and service centre could all operate from one building.
Blackpool Gazette: 26 July
Lancashire | Library axe protest group vows to battle on
Barnet Times: 25 July
Barnet children protest over libraries
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 25 July
Legal hearing over fate of 21 Northamptonshire libraries
Harrow Times: 25 July
North Harrow Library to reopen in September thanks to community effort
The Bookseller: 24 July
Forbes removes article suggesting Amazon should replace libraries
Nick Poole, Dawn Finch, Ian Anstice and Tim Coates quoted.
Ham & High: 24 July
Families campaign outside DCMS department against cuts to Barnet’s library services
Evening Standard: 23 July
Those long summers of learning and visiting the library have been shelved
The Courier: 23 July
Costs of upgrading Montrose Library exceed £1 million
Ham & High: 21 July
Barnet | Children and adults to issue plea to new DCMS secretary over library restrictions
Morpeth Herald: 21 July
Northumberland | Library decision ‘can’t be rushed’
Arts Professional: 20 July
Cultural sector to ACE: we need support, not measurement
Wales Online: 20 July
Libraries, swimming pools and bus station all under threat as Bridgend council warns of ‘unthinkable’ measures
Bath Echo: 20 July
Designs go on show for new library and information service at the Podium
Dunbarton Reporter: 20 July
More Dumbarton and Vale stops for mobile library service
Darlington & Stockton Times: 19 July
Darlington’s MP urges council to pause for thought over library plans
Get Reading: 19 July
Reading councillors keep Palmer Park library open on Saturdays
A collection point for books ordered online will also be installed at a Reading Leisure Centre.
Express & Star: 19 July
Staffordshire | ‘Completely undemocratic’: Cost-cutting self-service library plan backed
Scottish Daily Record: 19 July
Library project bringing books to cut off areas of West Dunbartonshire
Swindon Advertiser: 19 July
New Old Town Library opening hours are proving popular
Stoke Sentinel: 18 July
FOUR more Staffordshire libraries set to be transferred to community groups… is yours affected?
Warrington Worldwide: 18 July
Residents asked to donate £10 to keep library open
This is the West Country: 18 July
Deadline looming to give views on Bridgwater Library and Blake Gardens plans
Northern Echo: 18 July
Letters: Darlington library closing so council can flex its muscles
The Bookseller: 17 July
Libraries: talking stock
Reading Chronicle: 17 July
Reading Borough Council hopes to save more than £200k by cutting opening hours at six of the seven libraries
Norwich Evening News: 17 July
Reader Letter: Library dismay
BBC News: 16 July
Darlington Library campaigners lose court closure battle
Northern Echo: !6 July
Campaigners lose court battle to save Darlington’s Crown Street Library
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 16 July
Meeting over threatened Northants libraries
The Courier: 14 July
Fife | Volunteers start a new chapter in Pittenweem library’s story
Falmouth Packet: 15 July
Camborne Council moves into library
Somerset Live: 12 July
Opposition councillor calls for all elected members to get say over Somerset’s library services
North Somerset Times: 13 July
Clevedon School pupils look to raise £12k for library project
Brent & Kilburn Times: 13 July
We want to be open in time for Christmas, say Friends of Cricklewood Library
Get West London: 13 July
An Ealing library is set to close and the decision has been called an utter disaster
The Bookseller: 13 July
Library of the Year: Ten UK libraries heralded as Liverpool Central triumphs
Burnham-On-Sea News: 11 July
Somerset | Decision on Highbridge Library’s future to be announced in October
Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen: 11 July
Lancashire | Crawshawbooth’s library opens a new solo chapter
Community-run library in a community centre
Lancashire Telegraph: 11 July
Library’s new home gets warm welcome
Earby Library reopens in community centre
Whitchurch Herald: 11 July
Plans to tackle fall in Shropshire library visitor numbers
Hereford Times: 9 July
Council leaders to explore outsourcing options for libraries, museums and archives
East London & West Essex Guardian: 10 July
Waltham Forest | Wood Street library to be demolished, new one planned for Marlowe Road
Yellow Advertiser: 10 July
Waltham Forest Council announces plans for new library
Get Reading: 10 July
Councillors to approve cuts to Reading library hours
Northampton Chronicle & Echo: 10 July
Borough council joins fight to save four threatened libraries in Northampton
The Star: 10 July
New Sheffield library sees visits soar by half, as usage falls elsewhere
Somerset County Gazette: 10 July
7,000 people respond to survey on future of Somerset libraries
St Helens Star: 10 July
Gruffalo opens Church Square honesty library
Leon’s Library Blog: 8 July
Striking the right balance
Tenby Observer: 8 July
Pembrokeshire | Neyland library to be declared surplus to requirements
Weston Mercury: 7 July
Somerset | Public urged to work together to save library
Live Berkshire: 6 July
Bracknell Forest | Hundreds of thousands to be spent on new library
The Bookseller: 5 July
Public’s library support ‘needs to shift to activism’
St Helen Star: 5 July
Visitor numbers for St Helens libraries falls by almost 30 per cent
Clydebank Post: 5 July
West Dunbartonshire | Clydebank libraries start new reduced timetables
Darlington & Stockton Times: 5 July
Letters: ‘Get rid of council cabinet not Darlington library’
Renfrewshire News: 5 July
Paisley Central Library set for temporary move
Eastern Daily Press: 5 July
Norfolk A love letter to my local library
