Hinckley Times : 9th August
Leicestershire | Future looks bright for village library
35 more to be similarly “off-loaded” 
http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/future-looks-bright-village-library-9801788 

Spalding Today : 9th August
Lincolnshire | Library volunteers plea ‘putting an end to council cuts politics’
“There are a lot of people in the area who may have retired and want to get out of the house.”
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/library-volunteers-plea-putting-an-end-to-council-cuts-politics-1-6892837 

THE TIMES : 8th August
Librarians — why, didn’t you know? The councils said they all had to go
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article4521331.ece 

Isle of Wight County Press : 7th August 
Letter | Libraries key to an educated populace
Ventnor Library is again under threat. 
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/letters/libraries-key-to-an-educated-populace-86570.aspx

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Libraries News Round-up: 16th July 2013

Public Libraries News : 15th July Motion of no confidence in the libraries minister Ed Vaizey http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/07/motion-of-no-confidence-in-the-libraries-minister-ed-vaizey.html Question Everything : 16th July The first rule of politics: never believe anything…