Libraries News Round-up: 10 August 2016

Blog Preston : 10th August
Lancashire | Last push to save Fulwood Library
http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2016/08/last-push-to-save-fulwood-library/

Blackpool Gazette : 10th August
Backlash over child centres
Lancashire CC should look at putting more services into closure–threatened libraries instead
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/our-region/wyre/thornton/backlash-over-child-centres-1-8061350

GOV.UK : 9th August
Culture Secretary’s maiden speech on importance of the arts
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/culture-secretary-maiden-speech-on-importance-of-the-arts

Lancashire Evening Post : 9th August
Letter | ‘A gateway to knowledge’ — Dr Barry Clayton
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/your-say/readers-letters-1-8059579

Sidmouth Herald : 9th August
Devon | Happy ending as hopes for new Ottery St Mary library set to become a reality
http://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/happy_ending_as_hopes_for_new_ottery_st_mary_library_set_to_become_a_reality_1_4644958