Since the announcement of the decision to cease running of the specialist YLI service, the library received thousands of emails and letters of support from both registered and non-registered library users.

Robin Osterley, Director of Making Music, the organisation undertaking the campaign to save the YLI institution, provided a report after the council meeting yesterday which included the following summary:

"The Chair, Coun Andrew Pinnock, the Liberal Democrat leader on Kirkless council made the following points:

- The decision had ...