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A woman holding up a red book which partially obscures her face - only her eyes and the top of her head can be seen. Behind her, and out of focus, are library bookshelves

Hope refurbished central library will reopen early

The library, which shut in 2023, was due to reopen in summer but it could now be as soon as May.

An old building with a sign saying Public Library at the top. It is a listed building with red bricks and an automatic door in front. It is on the edge of a pavement with traffic queueing on the road

Library to get £1.5m funding to fix leaky roof

Staff at Bridgwater library have been using buckets to stop water damaging the books.

A man with a grey hooded top is standing between full bookshelves and is reading the back of a book.

Community library to close after 76 years

It will be transferred to another service on the island, the charity behind it says.

Susan Arthur and Molly use a sensory kit. Molly, who has Down's syndrome, has long brown hair. She is dressed in a green jumper with black trousers which have small silver stars. Molly is holding a spinning wheel and a piece of purple tubing. Susan is sat next to her, with short curly fair hair and wearing a colourful patterned top.

Sensory kits help children interact with stories

Five kits are in libraries in Cornwall to help make resources as "assessible as possible".

A group of men and women and a person in a wheelchair are standing outside Endeavour House holding placards saying "Don't wreck our libraries".

Protests as library services taken back by council

A council says it had "lost confidence" in the financial management of Suffolk Libraries.

A woman with a black fringe and glasses holds the Good Bones book, which is orange with black writing on.

Library book returned 28 years late

Good Bones by Margaret Atwood was one of 24,000 books handed back to East Sussex Library Service.

The Jubilee Library in Brighton which is a large 4 storeyed building with glass panels. It has a big library sign on the front and has a large pedestrian square at the front

Cash-strapped council could shut three libraries

Brighton & Hove City Council currently spends £3.7m a year on its library services.

Kiran outside the library

'A library is more than a place with books, it is a lifeline'

Research by the BBC finds libraries are being lost at a rate of about 40 each year.

The red brick building on Grace Hill in Folkestone that used to house the town's library. The front of the building is brightly lit and it is a clear day.

Call to express interest in buying former library

Repairing the Grade II listed building in Folkestone would cost an estimated £2.9m.