RESIDENTS, staff, friends and families have vowed to fight "tooth and nail" to stop any changes to Le Court Cheshire Home, near Petersfield.

The home in Greatham, the birthplace of Leonard Cheshire Foundation is under threat after a £250,000 operating deficit was revealed in April and a list of options published following a review of the home by consultants.

A full version of this story will be found in the Petersfield Herald of June 2, 2000.