It is rare indeed to find a good news story about wages and conditions for early years professionals, but the Nottinghamshire nursery nurse pay deal appears to be just that. Our Special Report, 'Stepping up' (pages 10-11), shows how a breakthrough was made to forge a deal that offers not only higher salaries, but a more defined career structure. The nursery nurses and their union, Unison, will now have to keep up the pressure to ensure that schools adhere to the deal and don't attempt to downgrade jobs. However, their victory will be a boost to early years workers currently...