PROTESTS will be held in the town centre against proposals to close Barnsley Hospital’s hyper acute stroke unit.

The two protests have been organised by the Barnsley branch of Save Our NHS group and the Barnsley Trades Union Council.

One will be held tomorrow and the other on October 1. Campaigners will meet at May Day Green on both days at 11am.

The two groups are uniting after a member of Save Our NHS was invited to a meeting of the Trades Council to explain the threat to the service.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle