内容摘要："Now there is not only broader public concern, but much more open discussion," he says. "There are more questions being asked about how is the system working? How come it isn't working?"

"Now there is not only broader public concern, but much more open discussion," he says. "There are more questions being asked about how is the system working? How come it isn't working?"

A decision over the future of the care homes will be made at the council's upcoming cabinet meeting on 20 February.Ahead of the cabinet meeting, campaigners will hold a rally outside the council's headquarters in a last-ditch attempt to convince councillors to vote in their favour.

It follows a protest that took place on 18 January calling for the £11m care home to be saved.In November, the council confirmed the closure of eight of its other care homes, as well as five dementia day care centres.The authority said in a statement: "All the comments and feedback, including any petitions accepted by the council, will be taken into account before any decisions are made.

"We recognise the uncertainty may be worrying for our residents and their families and would like to assure them their health and wellbeing remains our top priority."The council said there had been a decline in demand for traditional residential care, including people who require care and "have more complex needs, [like] dementia".

The statement added the council "needs to adapt our services to help support the growing number of people with dementia".

The King and Queen have postponed their state visit to the Vatican, after doctors said the Pope needed to rest following a recent illness.South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews attended 27 fires on Thursday.

More than 20 wildfires were tackled by North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.The cause of the fire around Ms Hirst's farm in Ponsticill remains unknown, but she suspected it may have been triggered by scramblers as their "tracks are everywhere" in the area.

Firefighters were transported to the scene on the farm's quad bikes, where they managed to prevent the blaze from spreading towards the farm.Ms Hirst said: "It is very stressful when we get fires on the mountain any time of the year but especially now when there is livestock on the mountain that are due to lamb in the next couple of weeks.