Twenty eight libraries are to stay open across Birmingham after a campaign led by activists, children and celebrity authors.

The authority is planning to cut about £148m of spending, while increasing council tax by 7.49% in the coming financial year.

Campaigners have vowed to continue to fight cuts to Birmingham's library service after senior councillors signed them off.

Spring Hill Library, housed in a grade II-listed, red brick Victorian building near Birmingham city centre, is shuttered due to what bosses call "issues with the building". The city council is ...