THE future of nursing home residents in the Forest of Dean is in the hands of a super-rich Arab Sheik.

Union chiefs say Hygrove House in Minsterworth belongs to an offshore property company owned by the Qatar Royal family.

And GMB chiefs are calling on the Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, to step into the Southern Cross crisis to ensure residents like Mary Thick can live out their days at Hygrove.

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