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Millie Bobby Brown announces she’s engaged  Millie Bobby Brown, the 19-year-old star of the hit series Stranger Things, has announced her engagement to Jake Bongiovi, an actor and the son of rock icon Jon Bon Jovi. Brown shared a photo of herself and Bongiovi on social media, along with the caption: “I’ve loved you three summers now, honey, I want ’em all” – a song lyric from Taylor Swift’s song Lover. The caption also featured a white heart emoji. Bongiovi shared the news on his own page, writing “forever” alongside two photos of the couple. The couple had been together…

Rescuers were on Tuesday searching rubble in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille for two people still missing after a deadly building collapse two days before, while investigators probed the cause of the tragedy.

Financial Times – First batch of IPOs under streamlined China listings rules soars 96% on debut Summary of the front page The Financial Times says shares in 10 Chinese companies soared almost 100% on average on Monday as the first initial public offerings under a streamlined listings regime debuted in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Mr Biden’s trip to Northern Ireland is also a focus of the front page, with the paper leading on a parade that took place in Londonderry on Monday, organised by Republicans opposed to the Good Friday Agreement. “Police had warned of possible violence,” the paper notes, adding petrol…

Metro – Is there a doctor in the house? Summary of the front page The “biggest strike in NHS history” is due to hit “hundreds of thousands of patients” as junior doctors launch a four-day walkout, the Metro reports. The paper says GPs are expected to be hit as well and 250,000 operations are expected to be cancelled. The front page looks at the successes of BGT contestants over the years. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

The Guardian – Junior doctors’ strikes could run until general election Summary of the front page The Guardian reports junior doctors could keep striking for another year in their “bitter pay dispute with the government” despite the growing alarm from NHS leaders about patient care. The paper says Tory “neglect” has been blamed for 3.6 million abandoned calls to NHS 111 in England in the past 12 months. It says the helpline is supposed to make it quicker and easier for patients to get the right advice or treatment they need but the paper says data produced for the Liberal Democrats…

Daily Express – Don’t get ill: Doctors’ strike is going to hurt Summary of the front page The Daily Express says NHS leaders have warned patients will suffer as junior doctors strike for four days this week. Dr Carter’s warning that the action is “going to hurt” leads the coverage, with the added detail that health and government officials are warning the public to avoid “risky behaviour”. There is also a large image of Princes William and Harry in military uniform, with the promise that a “sensational” new TV series will explain “why Harry went to war and not” his…

The Sun – Queen: Send Wills & Harry to war Summary of the front page The Sun reports the Queen wanted both Prince William and Prince Harry to go to war. A new ITV documentary reveals that the late Queen Elizabeth II wanted both her grandsons to “join the war in Afghanistan”, the paper reports, attributing the information to retired British Army officer Sir Mike Jackson who is said to have “broken strict protocol by revealing details of his private audience with the monarch”. Britain’s Got Talent gets another top spot on the front page. Today’s top stories Like this…

Daily Mirror – We save lives for £14 an hour Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror reports junior doctors are being paid as little as £14 an hour to carry out vital operations. Citing the British Medical Association (BMA) union as its source, the paper claims a junior doctor with 10 years’ experience is paid about £28 an hour while one with a year’s experience gets just £14.09. There is also a look ahead to the new series of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, featuring new judge Bruno Tonioli, which starts this weekend. The front page also pictures Prince…

Real cost of junior doctors’ strike revealed in leaked NHS documents The Independent says The junior doctors’ strike will lead to caesarean births being cancelled, an increase in the number of mental health patients detained, and issues transferring the critically ill for urgent care, according to leaked NHS documents that show that the impact of the 96-hour walkout will reverberate through the NHS for months to come. The action over pay, which begins on Tuesday, will compromise critical care and major trauma services, while there will even be a delay to funerals because doctors will not be available to issue…

Junior doctors strike could force cancellation of 350,000 appointments The Metro says An estimated 350,000 appointments, including operations, will be cancelled because of the walkout by members of the British Medical Association (BMA). Doctors today mounted picket lines outside hospitals from 7am and will stay on strike until Saturday morning. Managers have said patient care is ‘on a knife edge’ because of the strike and the suggested number of cancelled appointments could rise by 100,000. National medical director of NHS England Professor Sir Stephen Powis said he expects the figures to be ‘considerably more than the 175,000’. He told BBC…