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Cash-strapped councils threaten to turn off street lights and axe bus services

A damning survey says barely a fifth of England's county councils are confident they'll avoid 'insolvency' without extra government help - and libraries and recycling centres are in danger

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt plots new age of austerity with sweeping cuts to police and buses

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are meeting again today as they look at slashing public spending growth by up to £25bn a year from 2025 - while county councils plan to slash bus routes and libraries and turn off street lights at night

Daily Mirror

Nottingham libraries hosting 'cost of living cafes' this winter

They will offer people financial advice over a hot drink

Nottingham Post

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The Nottinghamian: Promising pledge for at-risk libraries and another business closes

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Nottingham Post

Campaigners 'ecstatic' after Labour Group vote to keep at-threat Nottingham libraries open

Members of the Save Nottingham Libraries group say they are "absolutely delighted"

Nottingham Post

More than 100 'warm spaces' launched across Stockport ahead of 'challenging' winter months

Venues ranging from libraries to coffee shops and community centres will be welcoming people over the next five months, offering comfortable places where people can grab a brew, have a chat and maybe take part in a new activity.

Manchester Evening News

South West arts organisations to receive more than £100m funding

More than 100 galleries, venues, museums and libraries across the region will be awarded Arts Council England funding

Birmingham Post

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Hope as Labour Group say they want to keep at-threat Nottingham libraries open

It comes after protesters gathered outside of Loxley House in a last-ditch attempt to make their views heard

Nottingham Post

Sir Nicholas Serota: We are spreading Arts Council funding across the country

London is internationally renowned for the breadth and depth of its cultural offering. Its galleries, theatres, museums, libraries and music venues are as integral a part of this city as the River Thames that flows through its heart. The city is a global powerhouse of the creative industries. At Arts…

Evening Standard

The IMF is certainly doing its job – making the rich even richer

The Guardian - UK

Parliamentary report calls for government to support and modernise libraries

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

The Guardian - UK

Where people can find warm hubs in Wirral with more on the way this winter

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

Liverpool Echo

Warning Edinburgh heat banks should not become the new food banks

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.

Edinburgh Live

No decision yet on closing three Nottingham libraries as campaigners demand clarity

The plans were meant to save £233,000

Nottingham Post

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Daily Record

Lanarkshire library becomes 'go-to' place for locals unable to access social care services from home

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

Daily Record

Range of Ukrainian language books now available at South Lanarkshire libraries

There are over 50 books available

Daily Record

Falkirk libraries 'won't close' but five-year plan could mean big changes

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

The Conversation

Friday essay: in praise of the 'horror master' Stephen King

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…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Satellite Analysis Tracks Ukraine Cultural Damage

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…

Liverpool Echo

Two libraries saved as council moves to let community groups take over

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

The Guardian - UK

Peterborough libraries offer amnesty on fines to recover 22,000 missing books

Service says the move is aimed at encourage the return of borrowers who stopped using the library during the Covid pandemic

WEKU

Their book is banned from dozens of districts, but has helped countless young readers

Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson spoke with Morning Edition about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir All Boys Aren't Blue are banned from school libraries.

Glasgow Live

Scotland's warm banks could soon equal total number of food banks

So far at least 216 warm banks have been opened by councils across the country in libraries, leisure centres and church halls as people face mounting heating costs.

Daily Record

Warm banks in Scotland could soon equal total number of food banks

At least 216 have been opened by councils across the country in libraries, leisure centres and church halls as people face mounting heating costs.

The Guardian - UK

From going to the office to the cinema: creative ways to save on energy bills

You can wrap up and turn the heating down, but could you also make savings by going out?

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