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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Violence on the rise in British LIBRARIES as shock figures lay bare UK's 'hubs of chaos'

It's the last place you would expect to be threatened or beaten up.

But violence is on the rise at Britain’s libraries. Shock figures show they were the scene of nearly 6,000 serious anti-social behaviour incidents in five years.

And librarians are the main targets at spots where a gentle “sshhh” used to be the closest you got to a confrontation.

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