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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…

GP surgeries suspend routine appointments to cope with ‘most disruptive strike in NHS history’ The Sun says GP surgeries are suspending routine appointments to cope with this week’s strike by junior doctors, it is reported. More than 47,000 are expected to walk out for 96 hours from April 11 to 15 in a move which will “utterly overwhelm” the NHS, it is feared. While many trusts have insisted the public will receive care as normal, patients in some areas have been warned to expect lengthy delays during the industrial action. Others have been barred from booking appointments altogether, The Telegraph…

Junior doctors stage major strike action The Guardian says Junior doctors across England are walking out on a four-day strike this morning, in a worsening dispute over pay which threatens huge disruption to the NHS. An estimated 350,000 appointments, including operations, will be cancelled as a result of the action that follows years of real-terms pay cuts that the government refuses to rectify. Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) have been mounting picket lines outside hospitals for the past hour, and will do so until Saturday morning, in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest. Nurses, ambulance crews…

CBI boss Tony Danker sacked over misconduct claims Tony Danker, the boss of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), has been fired following an investigation into complaints about his conduct at work involving a female employee. Three other CBI employees have also been suspended pending further investigation into allegations. The CBI is liaising with the police and intends to fully cooperate with any police investigations. Danker, who stepped aside in March during the investigation, has not commented. In its statement on Tuesday, the CBI said: “Tony Danker is dismissed with immediate effect following the independent investigation into specific complaints of…

Interest rates likely to fall to pre-Covid levels, IMF predicts A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast suggests that interest rates in major economies are expected to fall back to pre-pandemic levels. It says low productivity and ageing populations will be factors likely to reduce inflation, which will result in central banks easing monetary policy. The Bank of England has raised interest rates since December 2021 from 0.1% to 4.25%, with the UK experiencing its highest inflation rates in almost 40 years. Other central banks – in the US, Europe and other nations, have also raised interest rates to combat…

More people entertaining at home amid cost of living crisis Sales of home accessories and furniture increased sharply in March, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), which helped to boost total retail sales by 5.1% compared with the previous year.  The cost of living continues to put pressure on households, with inflation rising 10.4% in the year to February.  The BRC said that Mother’s Day drove sales of jewellery, flowers and fragrances, but that wet weather held back demand for gardening, DIY and fashion items. Sales of home accessories and furniture saw the strongest growth of any category in…