A Durham care home is to close with residents and staff said to be "stunned" at the news.
Hallgarth Care Home in the city of Durham will close in August. When this was announced there were around 30 residents living there, but the operator Four Seasons Health Care says all but seven have already moved out into alternative accommodation.
The GMB union attacked the decision and said it was a "cold-blooded decision" which had left vulnerable people "scrabbling around for somewhere to live". But the FSHC said this had been a "very difficult decision" and that the wellbeing of residents "has been our priority ever since the home opened".
