Independent - Now 36,000 doctors vote to walk out on A&E

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The Independent - Now 36,000 doctors vote to walk out on A&E - for 72 hours

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The Independent says tens of thousands of junior doctors have voted to strike in an escalating row over pay. Some 98 per cent of the 36,000 British Medical Association members who took part in the ballot backed a 72-hour walkout that will hit every hospital in England next month.

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The Independent - Now 36,000 doctors vote to walk out on A&E - for 72 hours

The Guardian - ‘Catastrophic failures’ led to Plymouth shootings

Metro’s front page reports junior doctors are planning a 72-hour strike next month after voting to take industrial action over pay. Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly to join Britain's growing wave of strikes, the Metro reports. Out of 37,000 British Medical Association members who voted, 98% backed their first industrial action since 2016, the paper says. A 72-hour walkout is being planned in their fight for a 26% pay rise, the paper says. The front page features a large image of US president Joe Biden on a surprise visit in Kyiv - Biden is pictured with Zelensky and his wife.

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