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Junior doctors return to work as talks begin to avoid next walk-out

Doctors have ended their strike and returned to work amid new hope that a deal over changes to their contracts can be reached before the next planned 48-hour walkout.

Thousands of junior doctors walked out for 24 hours, while around 4,000 operations had to be cancelled.

Two further strikes are planned but talks are expected to resume in an effort to break the stalemate.

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Jeremy Corbyn backs junior doctors on strike action

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has posted on his Facebook page in support of junior doctors who are striking today.

He blamed the government for the dispute, calling its treatment of junior doctors "appalling".

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