Southend Echo: 31 October Library axed - and replaced with council vans in Southend Darlington Times: 31 October North Yorkshire | Library becomes hub for Great Ayton Hambleton Today: 31…
The Bookseller: 30 October Library petition hits 20k signatures after Rowling support Redditch Advertiser: 30 October Worcestershire | Future of Woodrow and Alvechurch libraries uncertain after consultation into the future…
Morning Star: 29 October Shadow chancellor says the government's claim to have ended austerity doesn't add up "... over 500 libraries and children’s centres are set to be closed." Local…
The Guardian: 23 October Dear Damian Hinds, What’s so difficult about giving every child a library ticket? | Michael Rosen Yet another report has shown children who read for pleasure…
The Bookseller: 22 August Government slams CIPFA library data as 'flawed' and 'unusable' The Star: 22 August Sheffield | “The library has put the heart back into Greenhill” Bury Times:…
Ipswich Star: 20 August Suffolk library chief reveals ideas to help boost visitor numbers Northamptonshire Telegraph: 20 August Don’t ‘read all about it’ at libraries facing yet more cuts
The Bookseller: 24 July Forbes removes article suggesting Amazon should replace libraries Nick Poole, Dawn Finch, Ian Anstice and Tim Coates quoted. Ham & High: 24 July Families campaign outside…
Evening Standard: 23 July Those long summers of learning and visiting the library have been shelved The Courier: 23 July Costs of upgrading Montrose Library exceed £1 million
The Bookseller: 17 July Libraries: talking stock Reading Chronicle: 17 July Reading Borough Council hopes to save more than £200k by cutting opening hours at six of the seven libraries…
The Bookseller: 5 July Public's library support 'needs to shift to activism' St Helen Star: 5 July Visitor numbers for St Helens libraries falls by almost 30 per cent Clydebank…
The Guardian: 19 June Letters | Public libraries are life-affirming The Scotsman: 20 June Scottish library closures soar as council cuts bite News Shopper: 20 June Bexley | Sidcup library…
The Guardian: 17 June Opinion | The Guardian view on books for all: libraries give us power “Public libraries have been remorselessly attacked as public finances shrink. They have lost…
Northern Echo: 15 June Save Darlington's Crown Street Library: Campaigners' case returns to the High Court Two-day hearing starts on Monday Northern Echo: 15 June Letters: Hopes judicial review will…
BBC News: 2 June Philip Pullman slams library closures at Hay Festival "It seems an act of destructive folly, almost unparalleled, to allow the library service - which was so…
Daily Record: 1 June South Lanarkshire | End of an era as Strathaven hall closes its doors for final time Library moves to Avondale Community Hall Midsomer Norton, Radstock and District Journal: 1…
Radical Librarians Collective: 29 May Statement condemning SCL/ UKVI deal The News: 29 May Hampshire | Work due to start on Gosport Discovery Centre revamp Includes library Eastbourne Herald: 29 May…
The Times: 21 May Library offers playbook for communities taking control 'The experience of volunteers in Kensal Rise has been repeated nationwide' 'Around the UK, communities are stepping in to…
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