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Manchester Evening News : 22nd January Library visitor numbers plunge as cuts force drastic reduction in opening hours Seven Manchester libraries have seen visitor numbers plummet by as much as 90per cent since funding cuts led to them being run by volunteers with drastically reduced opening hours. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-library-visitor-numbers-fall-8491284 Information Twist : 22nd January Thoughts about the Independent Library Report for England https://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/thoughts-about-the-independent-library-report-for-england/ Leon's Library Blog : 22nd January Illiteracy and the Liberal Democrats http://leonslibraryblog.com/2015/01/22/illiteracy-and-the-liberal-democrats/ Thurrock Gazette : 22nd January Campaign to keep Thurrock libraries open begins http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/11744151.Campaign_to_keep_Thurrock_libraries_open_begins/ <http://t.co/wSuiQqPZKH> Hull Daily Mail : 22nd January Library hours cuts 'will break-up community' in the Avenues http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Library-hours-cuts-break-community-Avenues/story-25901897-detail/story.html Times Series : 22nd January Barnet Council Libraries: we put the '30 minute public transport rule' to the test http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/11739583.Libraries__we_put_the__30_minute_rule__to_the_test/ The News : 22nd January Hampshire | Contentious plan for Emsworth library gets go-ahead http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/contentious-plan-for-emsworth-library-gets-go-ahead-1-6535608 ...<http://t.co/2MSHP6j3WN> The Star : 21st January New central library is set to be the beacon of Barnsley http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/new-library-is-set-to-be-the-beacon-of-barnsley-1-7061123 Wales Online : 21st January Mass 'Read In' protest planned against the threat to Cardiff's libraries http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/mass-read-in-protest-planned-8490849 Northern Echo : 21st January North Yorks | Bedale campaigners pledge to fight library threat http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northyorkshire/bedale/11739753.Bedale_campaigners_pledge_to_fight_library_threat/ <http://t.co/dNGzwpBmNE> Frances Hendrix Martin House Farm, Hilltop Lane, Whittle le Woods, Chorley, Lancs, PR6 7QR Tel: 01257 274 833. Mobile: 0777 55 888 03