REFURBISHMENT work at the local history and archives section of St Helens Central Library will last for a week longer than expected.

Officials say it is now likely that facility will not reopen until Monday, February 14.

A council spokesman said: "We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause members of the public but the work will take longer than we expected."

The rest of Central Library remains open as usual.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.