Libraries | Hillsborough | Cocaine | TrainsWhile I sympathise with Dave Morris (Letters,15 April) – and even might agree with him – I should point out it is wrong to include libraries in his list of non-statutory services. I am constantly irritated that it is not made clear – often by the media – that public libraries in this country are a statutory service. Local authorities are obliged by statute (the Public Libraries and Museums Act of 1964) to supply a “comprehensive and efficient” public library service, even though this would seem to be being ignored at present.
Barry Smith
Ilkley, and West Yorkshire• When a minute’s silence was announced on the TV showing the Liverpool v Dortmund game in memory of the Hillsborough victims (Sport,15 April), the very full and rowdy crowd in Chester’s Bear and Billet pub fell silent. Totally, or not a whisper,and very moving. Who said that it’s just a game?
Bob Lamb
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