A WORD of praise for the library staff in St Helens for the brilliant activities for children over the summer.

We’ve had a great time during our visits and it really makes you value the places.

This is why it makes it so sad that some libraries in St Helens are being cut.

Shame on the government for hacking back funding for councils so much that they are having to go down this route.

With all the challenges that they have faced – from the isolation of the pandemic to the poverty the cost-of-living crisis and rising crime – these sort of places and events are needed for the good of our communities.

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