PAY: More health workers voted yesterday to join the massive October 10 strike against the Tory pay freeze.

Ambulance drivers, paramedics and community nurses represented by GMB will take action alongside members of Unite, Unison and the Royal College of Midwives.

National officer Brian Strutton said: “GMB members have spoken loud and clear. They are prepared to take industrial action in the NHS to fight for fairness in pay.”

INQUEST: One of the most senior officers on duty at the Hillsborough disaster insisted yesterday, at the inquest into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans, that officers “did our professional best.”

Former superintendent Roger Marshall, who was in charge of policing the turnstiles outside the Leppings Lane end, was giving evidence for a second day in Warrington.

He said: “The outcome was tragic for everyone — not just the fans who lost their lives, which was awful, but also the families of those people. It’s tragic for every police officer. It’s a tragedy that affected us all. That should be obvious, I think, from the way that people have come here to speak.”

OFFENDERS: Children as young as 11 and 12 years of age are being caught drinking and driving, police records revealed yesterday.

An 11-year-old offender was apprehended in the Thames Valley area in 2011 while numerous 12-year-olds were stopped in Scotland in 2012 and in Manchester in 2008.

An average of 1,000 people aged under 18 have been convicted of drink-driving per year since 2008, according to police figures.

GUM: The Queen is looking for a cleaner to oversee the removal of chewing gum at one of her royal palaces.

The part-time post’s duties include to “arrange for the removal of chewing gum from the Historic and State Apartments,” which are usually open to members of the public all year round.