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Coventry Telegraph : 16 February *Coventry libraries to stay open another year as £2.4m council cuts announced* http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-libraries-stay-open-another-12614228 Liverpool Echo : 16 February *Budget 2017: 300 jobs to go, 5% council tax rise and libraries under threat**Promise that libraries are 'safe' for a year but task group to be set up to look at how to keep libraries running, working with the voluntary sector and others.* *“But it is likely that around four libraries will close in 2019.”* http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/budget-2017-300-jobs-go-12615690 Warrington Guardian : 16 February *Letter | Trust is lost* *"What we need is a proper coherent strategy for that library service."* *"Libraries are under such budget pressures because LiveWire has unashamedly milked them in order to cover its commercial losses."* http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/yoursay/letters/15097565.Trust_is_lost/ Exeter Express and Echo : 17 February *Date set for sneak preview of new East Devon library* *Replaces library in Old Town Hall* http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/date-set-for-sneak-preview-of-new-east-devon-library/story-30143409-detail/story.html The Northern Echo : 17 February *North Yorkshire | Town’s cash gift to help library rescue group* *Town and parish council donate funds to volunteer-run library group* http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15100736.Town___s_cash_gift_to_help_library_rescue_group/ The Big Issue : 17 February *This man is saving London's ailing library from closure* *Feature on social enterprise, Eco Communities, who run libraries in Lewisham* http://www.bigissue.com/features/interviews/7337/this-man-is-saving-londons-ailing-libraries-from-closure North Somerset Times : 17 February *Nailsea library and college could be sold if services move to Scotch Horn* http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/nailsea_library_and_college_could_be_sold_if_services_move_to_scotch_horn_1_4894765 Elizabeth Ash [log in to unmask] 07792 810 959