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Eight people have been banned from libraries in Cambridgeshire in the last year for being threatening and abusive, or damaging property. Cambridgeshire County Council said banning people from its libraries was always a “last resort”, but said it had to take action against “unacceptable behaviour”. A Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request showed no one was banned from a county library in 2021, two people were banned in 2022 and eight were banned in 2023. Central Library in Cambridge recorded the highest number of bans, with five over the last two years. The 2022 bans were imposed after disrup…

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