BBC News: 3 July
Bansky offers to ‘support’ Bristol libraries
Bristol Post: 3 July
Banksy offers to help support Bristol’s libraries
Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen: 3 July
Council changes East Lancs libraries opening hours
East Lothian Courier: 3 July
Port Seton Library gets reprieve after community campaign
Get West London: 3 July
Ealing Central Library relocation criticised with fears book stock will be cut by over 70%
Bexley Times: 2 July
Relocation of Sidcup library given the green light
West Bridgford Wire: 2 July
Ruddington among libraries refurbished and modernised in Notts
Yorkshire Coast Radio: 2 July
Filey Library to Open Next Week
Dumbarton & Vale of Leven Reporter: 2 July
West Dunbartonshire | Libraries subject to new opening hours in bid to save funds
Northern Echo: 30 June
Darlington’s Crown Street Library relisted as asset of community value
Derbyshire Live: 1 July
Join us on a sneak preview of the new Riverside Library in Derby
New smaller library
BBC News: 29 June
Mum’s worries over Northamptonshire library closures
Northern Echo: 29 June
Friends of Red Hall open community library in Darlington
Newbury Today: 29 June
West Berkshire | New lease could see Wash Common Library open
News Shopper: 29 June
Bexley | Sidcup cinema and library take big steps forward
Largs & Millport Evening News: 29 June
North Ayrshire | Closure of libraries ‘is to be considered’
The Times: 28 June
Teenagers locked out of libraries as cash-strapped councils cut staff
Border Telegraph: 28 June
Scottish Borders | School library concerns raised in Holyrood
Exmouth Journal: 28 June
Devon | Topsham’s new community hub set to open
Multi-use hub including a library
Bristol Live: 28 June
Concerns over the long-term future of Bristol’s libraries
Eastbourne Herald: 27 June
East Sussex | Volunteers Network committed to getting Pevensey Bay Library open
Northampton Chronicle & Echo: 27 June
Library campaigners plead with Northamptonshire County Council to let group pay £1 peppercorn library rent
The Guardian: 27 June
English councils warn ‘worst is yet to come’ on cuts
‘It said councils faced having to make “truly unpalatable” cuts to key services such as social care, refuse disposal, libraries, Sure Start centres and roads maintenance while putting up council tax bills and introducing new charges.’
Eastbourne Herald: 26 June
East Sussex | New home found for Langney Library
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 26 June
No takers for four of 21 Northamptonshire libraries under threat of closure
The Guardian: 25 June
Do libraries run by volunteers check out?
More than 100 comments
Northern Echo: 25 June
Letters: Thanks to the Friends of Darlington Library
Scottish Daily Record: 25 June
West Dunbartonshire | One Stop Shop service launches in library amidst privacy worries
Dunbarton Reporter: 25 June 2018
Services New ‘one stop shop’ at Alexandria library is officially opened
Northern Echo: 25 June
‘No intention’ to close libraries in County Durham
Chronicle Live: 25 June
Health and wellbeing hub set to open in ‘at risk’ Newcastle library
The Times: 24 June
Ireland | Open libraries: read it and weep
Hereford Times: 24 June
Call for a rethink on future of Herefordshire’s libraries
The Argus: 23 June
East Sussex libraries will become community libraries
Derbyshire Live: 23 June
Watch Derby’s new library take shape in 40 seconds
Leicester Mercury: 23 June
Controversial plans to close Leicester library to save £14k a year put on hold AGAIN
The Argus: 22 June
Planning changes after Hove Library row ‘damages trust in council’
York Mix: 22 June
First look: Inside York’s amazing new library and community hub
Bridgwater Mercury: 21 June
Somerset | Group formed to ensure future of North Petherton Library
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 21 June
Small victory for Northants library campaigners
Daily Record: 21 June
Privacy fear in West Dunbartonshire as vital council service moves
Northern Echo: 21 June
Letters: Darlington library closure decision makers notably absent
Sussex Express: 21 June
East Sussex | Five libraries to re-open as community facilities
Hastings & St Leonards Observer: 21 June
East Sussex | Ore community library gets greenlight
North Somerset Times: 21 June
Application for potential Clevedon creative hub submitted
The Guardian: 19 June
Letters | Public libraries are life-affirming
The Scotsman: 20 June
Scottish library closures soar as council cuts bite
News Shopper: 20 June
Bexley | Sidcup library set to be relocated despite opposition
Camelford & Delabole Post: 20 June
Cornwall | Parishes asked if they would contribute to library learning challenge costs
The Guardian: 19 June
Thousands of public buildings and spaces in England sold off a year
The Times: 19 June
Libraries, pools and parks are sold off to developers
The Mirror: 19 June
Thousands of public buildings and community spaces sold off by cash-strapped councils hit by Tory cuts
The Express: 19 June
The Great British sell-off …thousands of our parks, pools and libraries lost
Civil Society: 19 June
Community spaces sold off ‘on a massive scale’ for private use, finds report
BBC News: 19 June
Bristol City Council finds money ‘to keep every library open’
ITV News: 19 June
Mayor’s U-turn to save Bristol libraries
Local Government Lawyer: 19 June
Darlington | High Court hears judicial review over library closure consultation
Northern Echo: 19 June
Darlington Council had “sound and powerful” reasons to call for library closure
Chronicle Live: 19 June
D-day looming for Newcastle library as councillors set to decide its fate
Somerset County Gazette: 19 June
Decision over Somerset libraries to be made in October
Northern Echo: 18 June
Darlington campaigners face council at Leeds Combined Court
York Press: 18 June
Council chiefs pledge to keep York library funding for 15 years
Richmondshire Today: 18 June
North Yorkshire County Council to increase reliance on volunteers
Daventry Express: 18 June
Call for Northants County Council to put library closure plans on hold
The News: 18 June
Hampshire library workers told ‘not to mention budget constraints’ or face disciplinary action
The Guardian: 17 June
Opinion | The Guardian view on books for all: libraries give us power
“Public libraries have been remorselessly attacked as public finances shrink. They have lost books, staff, opening hours and whole branches. More than 400 libraries and a further 140-plus mobile libraries have been closed.”
Worcester Observer: 17 June
School library help could be axed
East Lothian Courier: 17 June
Campaigners vow to fight on after Port Seton Library hours cut
Leon’s Library Blog: 16 June
No Plan B: The Closure of a School Library Service – by Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth is a former staff member of the Walsall Schools Library Support Service which sadly closed in March this year.
Renfrewshire News: 16 June
Councillors asked to approve Paisley High Street learning hub refurbishment
Northern Echo: 15 June
Save Darlington’s Crown Street Library: Campaigners’ case returns to the High Court
Two-day hearing starts on Monday
Northern Echo: 15 June
Letters: Hopes judicial review will fall in favour of Darlington library staying put
Swindon Advertiser: 15 June
Charity could be set up to run Swindon’s libraries
Darlington & Stockton Times: 15 June
91 library staff made redundant, cuts to opening hours, 9% drop in use of public access computers and a 17 per cent fall for supported computer sessions.
Border Telegraph: 15 June
Scottish Borders | School library petition almost reaches target in first week
Blackpool Gazette: 15 June
Lancashire | Campaigners’ dismay as library switched to Assembly Rooms
North Somerset Times: 14 June
Town council to take on library?
Nailsea Town Council is considering taking over its library to protect the service from cutbacks. The cuts also affect Clevedon library which could move to smaller premises and Long Ashton, where services would be provided by a mobile library.
Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal: 14 June
Bath & NE Somerset | Former library building on the market
Midsomer Norton Library now has a new space within the Council’s One Stop Shop
Denbighshire Free Press: 14 June
Town library soon to open new chapter
North Wales Chronicle: 14 June
Moelfre and Newborough libraries set to close but others on Anglesey saved
The Star: 14 June
Barnsley | District libraries to get investment as prestigious new town centre branch emerges
BBC News: 13 June
Scotland | Union concern over a plan to use pupils to run school libraries
Peeblesshire News: 13 June
Parents anger at their library used as misrepresented example
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Librarians around the UK were outraged to learn that the Society of Chief Librarians had signed them up to a deal with the Home Office.
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Barnet Times: 13 June
Councillors vote down Barnet libraries update
Daily Star: 13 June
The Great British sell-off: Parks, pools & libraries lost
A report titled “The Great British Sell Off” by communities charity Locality found fewer than half of councils have a plan for community ownership. The charity is calling for the Government to give £200million a year for five years to support a Community Ownership Fund.
The Gazette: 13 June
Is South Gloucestershire’s open access library scheme working?
Banbury Cake: 13 June
Oxfordshire | Charlbury library backed by volunteers is model for future
Daily Echo: 13 June
Hampshire | See pictures of Totton’ library’s new look
The refurbishment includes the installation of self-service kiosks and two meeting rooms.
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 13 June
‘Major step forward’ in potential buyout of Desborough and Rothwell libraries
Derby Telegraph: 13 June
Ashbourne children’s clubs may be forced to close if library shake-up goes ahead
