Barnet & Whetstone Press : 20th December
Council unveils four charities which will run libraries following service cuts
http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=116316&headline=Council%20unveils%20four%20charities%20which%20will%20run%20libraries%20following%20service%20cuts&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016

News & Star : 20th December
Cockermouth library campaigners refused consultation extension by Cumbria County Council
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Cockermouth-library-campaigners-refused-consultation-extension-by-Cumbria-County-Council-68d2e517-cfff-44e9-8cd0-e25823bc4369-ds

Blackpool Gazette : 20th December
Lancashire ‘Silence is deafening’ row in library axe controversy
Paul Maynard MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys has written to Lancashire County Council boss, Jo Turton …
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/silence-is-deafening-row-in-library-axe-controversy-1-8297668

The Visitor : 20th December
Lancaster and Morecambe library staff told to re-apply for their jobs
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/lancaster-and-morecambe-library-staff-told-to-re-apply-for-their-jobs-1-8297921

Bath Chronicle : 20th December
Bath Central Library on the move in 2018 to make way for new modern library
http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/bath-central-library-on-the-move-in-2018-to-make-way-for-new-modern-library/story-29994280-detail/story.html

Midsomer Norton, Radstock & District Journal
Bath & N E Somerset | Could this be the end of our traditional libraries?
http://www.mnrjournal.co.uk/article.cfm?id=104229&headline=Could%20this%20be%20the%20end%20of%20%20our%20traditional%20libraries%3F&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016

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One Reply to “Libraries News Round-up: 20 December 2016”

  1. It’s not just Lancaster and Morecambe Libraries. It is all the remaining Lancashire County council libraries (after the closure of nearly half through libraries)

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