Choices campaigners to fight on

Campaigners have been fighting the council's decision

Campaigners have pledged to fight on to keep the Choices care centre in Aberdeen open, on the day it was due to close its doors amid council cutbacks.

Disabled users of the centre say that, if necessary, they will explore ways of running it themselves.

The centre on Westburn Road is due to close as part of the council's programme of �27m in budget savings.

It offers respite care for 56 disabled people. Protesters were staging a demonstration on Thursday afternoon.

The campaigners suffered a setback in their fight against the closure earlier this month.

One of the centre's users went to the Court of Session in Edinburgh asking a judge to order the council to put its plans on hold.

However, that move was rejected after a judge ruled that his needs could be met in other ways.

It was believed to be the first time in Scotland that such action had been taken under new disability legislation.

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