Parents protest as nurseries face axe

Parents are fighting the closure of three nurseries by a Yorkshire council that has pledged to open a further 15 children's centres. Kirklees Metropolitan Council says that the three nurseries - Tiddlywinks, Sankofa and Cambridge Road, all in Huddersfield - will not close until alternative children's centre provision is available. Dozens of parents protested at a council budget meeting to decide the nurseries' fate on 28 February, and supporters have gained 2,000 signatures on a petition.