D-DAY is looming for a Lancaster nursery but calls to keep the magical paradise' open are as strong as ever.

Greaves Park nursery has been earmarked for closure by Lancashire County Council but the results of a public consultation will be considered next week.

More than 200 representations have been sent to the county pleading for the nursery's doors to stay open.

And Anne Sacks, Labour's prospective parliamentary can-idate for Lancaster and Wyre, has joined the effort.

" I urge the county not to shut the school. We need more, not fewer, nursery schools in Lancaster and Greaves Park has excellent facilities, a large play and learning garden and dedicated staff. Parents have nothing but praise for it," says Ms Sacks.

The county council is proposing to close Greaves Park because it says the building is at the end of its life and would cost £100,000 to maintain.

It also plans to shut Willow Lane nursery school and open a new school for 80 children at the Willow Lane site.

The other option is to retain the status quo.

Cllr Janet Horner, one of Greaves Park nursery's longest serving governors, has her fingers crossed that the county council will change its mind.

"I disagree with what the county council is suggesting. Their statistics are not right.

"Willow Lane simply cannot take more children. Greaves Park is an established nursery school and also takes children from outside Lancaster because the facilities are so good," she says.