Protestors gather at BBC Yorkshire to rally against scrapping over-75s free licences

The protestors outside the BBC Yorkshire building.

A group of protestors gathered outside the BBC Yorkshire building in Leeds to rally against the plan to scrap free licence fee payments for the over-75s.

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The protestors held placards stating 'Don't turn us off' and 'shame on the BBC'.

Many cars passing beeped their horns in support of the 20-strong group.

The National Pensioners Convention, who organised the event, have planned protests across the country.

Gillian Martin was one of the protestors at the rally.

She said she was disgusted that just days after the D-Day celebrations, the announcement was made which would have a drastic effect on the finances of those affected.

Gillian said: "You have a choice with Sky, you have a choice with anything else.

"You don't have a choice with this, you have to pay it."

Gillian said she would dispute critics who said the protests won't make any difference.

She added: "Emmeline Pankhurst made a difference, Rosa Parks made a difference.

"We can make a difference, you can't change the world but as Mother Theresa said you can cause a pebble in the ocean and it can cause a wave."

Another protestor said she wanted more celebrities to follow the lead of Ben Fogle - who last week donated his salary to subsidise the payments.

She said: "If others just took a reduction it would help.

"What do they need their £1m plus a year for?

"They could take a small reduction in their wages to give to the poor."

A fellow protestor said despite being "one of the richest countries in the world", pensioners are losing "what little they have left".