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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee report says libraries are ‘an important part of a community’s infrastructure’

The council plans to use its libraries too as warm hubs though sites are still to be confirmed.

As the council prepares to open up libraries and community centres to help people stay warm this winter, charities warned that the practice should not be seen as a long-term solution.

The plans were meant to save £233,000

The Near Me in Libraries scheme allows South Lanarkshire locals to attend important appointments at Biggar Library.

There are over 50 books available

Changes include library space being rented out to people as part of a 'co-working hub'

Growing up in the 1980s, the name Stephen King was synonymous with macabre, terrifying, apparently taboo (though ubiquitous) book covers. They seemed to appear everywhere: bookstores, to be sure; but also newsagents, supermarkets, cinemas, airports and libraries. They always seemed to be spinning in some library carousel, looking tattered, like…

The United Nations is using before-and-after satellite imagery to monitor the cultural destruction inflicted by Russia's war in Ukraine, announcing Wednesday it will launch its tracking platform publicly within weeks. The UN's culture agency UNESCO said it had verified damage to 207 cultural sites in Ukraine since the Russian invasion…

Wirral Council decided to close nine libraries earlier this year, seven of which were subject to bids to be taken over by their local communities