DOZENS of protesters gathered to oppose the proposed closure of four council-run care homes in the Gwent Valleys.

The campaigners were joined by Blaenau Gwent AM Trish Law at Hafod Dawel care home in Nantyglo as they sang songs and displayed banners urging council bosses not to shut the homes down.

The three other Blaenau Gwent homes facing the axe are Cantref Aneurin Bevan in Tredegar, Crawshay House in Brynmawr, and Plas-y-Coed in Ebbw Vale. Around 100 elderly people live in the homes and face being moved elsewhere in the borough.

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