Company set to take on three libraries had eyes on a fourth

THE company set to take over three of Nottingham City Council's libraries has confirmed it was interested in taking over another.

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The Labour-run authority has held firm and said it will keep control of the Radford-Lenton library, despite the council being under “immense pressure” to make savings in its library service.

As part of efforts to save £1.5 million from the library service, previous plans would have seen the council close its Aspley, Basford, Bilborough and Radford-Lenton sites. It eventually backtracked on those plans and announced in January that the Aspley, Basford and Bilborough libraries would be run by the voluntary sector.