‘I’m not leaving nursing without a good fight’

A north-east nurse has launched a legal battle after she was sacked for picking up an apparently abandoned child off the street.

Nicola Cheyne was also suspended from the entire nursing profession after she found the youngster running about on a busy road while she was on duty.

The 41-year-old decided to take the little boy – who had been jumping in and out of a parked car – to her next appointment and left a note on the windscreen to let his parents know he was safe.

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