in england have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. catherine burns reports. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. the bma is being accused of picking dates to maximise disruption. their view is industrial action is meant to cause some disturbance. we ve been open and honest and transparent
live from london, this is bbc news. a doctors strike that threatens to be the most disruptive in the history of the nhs begins in england. final preparations for a president joe biden heads to northern ireland to mark 25 years of the good friday agreement. the head of the uk s largest business lobby, tony danker, has been sacked over misconduct claims. hello and welcome to bbc news. i m samantha simmonds. we begin here in england, where thousands ofjunior doctors