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Nine-year-old pens letter to Southern to sort out mess
Frankie Cottrell calls on company to negotiate with unions so his parents can get home on time
A NINE-YEAR-OLD has written to Southern Rail pleading with it to end the train strikes because he is tired of his parents coming home late.
Frankie Cottrell penned the letter following months of Southern’s stubbornness against resolving a bitter dispute over unsafe driver-only trains.
The “spontaneous email” was sent at the start of three days of strike action on the service yesterday.
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