A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham, who collated it.  For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.

BBC News : 18th May
Campaigners protest against Herefordshire Council cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-22580529

Ledbury Reporter : 18th May
Cuts are to be discussed
http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/10426512.Cuts_are_to_be_discussed/

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Libraries News Round-up: 12 February 2016

THE GUARDIAN : 12th February Letters : Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool; Cllr Iain Malcolm Leader, South Tyneside council; Zoe Ainsworth-Grigg, Taunton, Somerset; and  Shareen Campbell Swindon, Wiltshire http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/12/hard-hit-northern-councils-hit-back-over-tory-slush-fund Sheffield Telegraph : 12th February Book loans drop by…