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The long-running legal battle between Plymouth Council and residents of Granby Way residential home, Plymouth, ended this week after both parties accepted the advice of three judges to resolve their differences out of court.

The residents claim the council's plan to close the home would breach their human rights and that the trauma of moving could ultimately result in their deaths.

They took their case to the appeal court this week, having failed to win their judicial review earlier this year.

Under the new agreement, the residents will now present their case to an independent complaint panel. The council will then formally reconsider its decision to close the home in the light of the panel's recommendations.