Hospital bosses at the centre of a legal row over allowing a transgender member of staff to use the female changing rooms feared they could be portrayed as a "bullying trust", a nurse told an employment tribunal.

Seven nurses are taking action against County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

They are claiming sexual harassment, discrimination, victimisation and breaches of the right to a private life. They argue they have suffered anxiety, distress and feel unsafe at work.

The group says Rose Henderson, who was born male but identifies as a woman, was allowed to use the women's changing facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

They claim that Rose Henderson is married to a woman and that the couple hoped to conceive a child, implying that "he is a sexually active biologi

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