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Libraries News Round-up: 2 April

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Brixton blog : 2 April

Lambeth | Library protesters rally against council’s ‘April fools’

http://www.brixtonblog.com/library-protesters-rally-against-councils-april-fools/43644

Bath Chronicle : 2 April

WATCH: Protesters join Bath Deserves Better march to demand B&NES Council to hold public meeting

http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/watch-protesters-join-bath-deserves-better-march-to-demand-b-nes-council-to-hold-public-meeting/story-30243963-detail/story.html

Sutton Coldfield : 2 April

Royal Sutton Coldfield could split from Birmingham City Council as town council ‘explore’ options

Four Oaks Cllr Simon Ward (Con) … said the city council had expressed ‘contempt’ for the Royal Town; had ‘decimated’ library services; …

http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/royal-sutton-coldfield-could-split-from-birmingham-city-council-as-town-council-explore-options/story-30239625-detail/story.html

Birmingham Mail : 2 April

Two councils squabbling over threatened Sutton Coldfield Library’s future

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/two-councils-squabble-over-threatened-12834137

Image taken at event with storyteller John Kirk, at Wibsley Library in Bradford, West Yorkshire

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