The plans follow two detailed consultations which have taken place during the course of this year and will mean original proposals to close six of the borough’s nine libraries have been ripped up.

Now three of those six libraries – Donnington, Dawley and Stirchley  –  will be run by Town or Parish Councils. Also a fourth library in Hadley will be run by Hadley Learning Community, supported by Hadley & Leegomery Parish Council.

This was after the Town and Parish Councils expressed concerns about their library closing and indicated they would be interested in running a community lead library.