Care home fight goes on.Byline: Tony Collins A SUCCESFUL Birmingham businessman has refused to concede defeat in his fight to save a Midland care home where one of Britain's oldest women lives. Entrepreneur Trevor Beattie Trevor Beattie, former chairman of TBWA, is responsible for a number of high profile and often controversial advertising campaigns—most notably the “Hello Boys” for Wonderbra and the FCUK for French Connection. , who founded UK advertising agency Beattie McGuinness Bungay, offered to come to the aid of 106-year-old Louisa Watts after learning of her plight. She has been at the forefront of the fight to save Underhill House residential home in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, which also has eight other elderly residents. Mr Beattie, aged 50, who comes from Balsall Heath Balsall Heath is a working class, inner-city area of Birmingham, England. It is home to a diverse cultural mix including Afro-Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, Irish and English, and the home of the Balti Triangle, a collection of Asian Balti restaurants and sweet centres. , stepped in with the offer of an 11th-hour donation to try to prevent Mrs Watts and the other residents from eviction The removal of a tenant from possession of premises in which he or she resides or has a property interest done by a landlord either by reentry upon the premises or through a court action. . Wolverhampton Council snubbed the offer, insisting the issue was not about money. Sarah Norman, the council's Director for Adults and Community, argued: "We are closing Underhill House because it no longer meets modern standards." But Mr Beattie said: "I am absolutely determined to carry on because I feel there is something we are not being told. I was flabbergasted after reading about Mrs Watts. Do people have no heart?" -Campaigners will go back to court today because they claim the Court of Appeal made a vital mistake in agreeing it should shut. Solicitor Yvonne Hossack, acting for 106-year-old Louisa Watts and other residents of Underhill House in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, will approach the Administrative Division Noun 1. administrative division - a district defined for administrative purposes administrative district, territorial division borough - one of the administrative divisions of a large city canton - a small administrative division of a country of the High Court over a crucial piece of evidence. She said the Court of Appeal last week misinterpreted evidence given by Professor Cornelius Katona, who said moving Mrs Watts could shorten her life span by 25 per cent. CAPTION(S): Help: Louisa Watts and Trevor Beattie. |
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