Hundreds of books have been left strewn across the pavement by council-employed contractors outside a former library in south London.

>The books were pictured by local news website Inside Croydon, external in large piles outside Broad Green Library, which closed late last year as part of cost-cutting measures at Croydon Council.

Mayor Jason Perry apologised, saying the way the books had been treated was "unacceptable" and promised action against the contractors responsible. It is understood they were employed by the council to clear out the building.

>>He said the former library building, which is being repurposed into an Asian Resource Centre, had also had squatters living in it.

In a video posted on social media on Saturday, the Conservative mayor said: "It's just absolutely terrible what has happened to this building and yesterday we saw even worse things - of books being thrown out on the pavement.

>"The way that these books were being treated was just unacceptable and we will be dealing with our contractors accordingly."

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