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Why are junior doctors striking?
Today sees the first ever all-out strike by junior doctors in England.
Doctors will walk out of both routine and emergency care from 08:00 to 17:00.
The row is over their new contracts, contracts which England's Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is now going to impose on them.
Jim Reed looks at how we got to this point.
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