Nurse shames train drivers

thE obscenity of the Southern Rail drivers’ planned three- day strike — after rejecting a £75,000 pay offer for a job that requires just a few months’ training — is put into perspective by an open letter to theresa May.

Pleading with the PM to lift the NhS pay cap, an ambulance worker named only as angie reveals how she struggles to raise her family on her salary. her partner has two jobs.

‘I love what I do, trying to make a difference is why I get up in the morning,’ she says. Unlike the train drivers, angie saves lives — and she earns just £16,000 a year.