The guide sets out government support available to local shops, such as the "Community right to bid", which is meant to make it easier for local people to take over "treasured" local assets faced with closure.
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Or if the council's closure of a local youth club means more teenagers hanging around and causing mischief?
Local authorities usually coordinate the closure of whole sections of highway just to make sure they safely pass.
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However, Labour lost out to an independent candidate in Wyre Forest fighting against the closure of a local hospital.
And just last month one of the largest employers in the region, Northrup Grumman, which builds ships, announced the closure of its local operations.
The closure of the local post office also led to far fewer opportunities for social interaction, with people reporting an increase in isolation and loneliness.
Peter Blake is a former church warden and a leading figure in the Friends of All Saints in Maerdy, which protested at the closure of their local church in Rhondda and is considering taking up the building's lease.
Local people who campaigned against the closure are applying to English Heritage to have the "beautiful" 1930s building listed to protect it.
But Elinor Rooks, a member of the campaign to save Withington baths, said the historic baths had been modernised and local people were angry at the closure plan.
Campaigners have warned the transfer of two West Midlands leisure centres away from local authority control could lead to their closure.
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Parents, whose children belong to the local swimming club, have blamed the closure on years of underfunding by North Yorkshire County Council.
David MacDonald of Rok Civil Engineering, who will be carrying out the Streetscape work, acknowledged the timing of the closure could cause difficulties for local shops.
On a recent Saturday, speaking to a group of bloggers, I talked about the rise, power and influence of the blogosphere in relation to the recent closure of one of our local newspapers, the Rocky Mountain News.
It is unlikely that the closure of, say, a local youth club has caused that alienation.
He added that he was "uncertain the closure is in the interests of local people".
He said he and Kyrgyz leaders did not discuss "at all" the possible closure of the base and said local officials told him there was "no foundation" for news reports about the issue.
The bill proposes that before a school could be shut the local authority would have to study alternatives to closure, provide an educational benefit statement, consult for a minimum of six weeks of term time and extend the list of consultees to include school inspectors.
They want to preserve their local and the thousands of other pubs threatened with closure.
And federal officials have been hearing from local officials "how incredibly difficult and burdensome school closure is, " he said.
Base commander Group Captain David Cooper said he was delighted with the turn-out of local people and that the base was saved from closure.
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The council said the majority of people who currently use the facility come from out of the Stoke-on-Trent area, and that its closure would have a minimal impact on local people.
And the mayor of Llanidloes Margot Jones said the closure would have a devastating impact on the local economy.
"Local people are now going to be inconvenienced by a long closure while repairs are being carried out, " he said.
Local politicians said the community was shocked at news of the closure which was "a tragedy for those people losing their jobs".
The chairman of the board, UUP councillor Jim Rodgers, said he has been told that a local businessman has offered to pay legal costs to fight the closure.
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Local councillors, unions and boat owners had previously campaigned against the closure.
It faced closure in 2006, but was saved after a vigorous campaign by local politicians and musicians including the Manic Street Preachers.
"We consider this closure to be temporary and we shall be discussing options with the local community and Postwatch to re-establish a branch in the vicinity, " it said.
He said its closure would hit "the only source of employment in the area, mainly local sand and gravel companies which traded with the Republic".
Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has promised an action plan to mitigate the impact of the closure.
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