Friday's National Newspaper Front Pages

THE PAPERS' TOP STORIES

:: Metro, Daily Mirror

Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike . Patients have been warned there will be significant "disruption" when doctors walk out in December.

:: Financial Times

A report into the 2008 collapse of HBOS blames the bank's board, top management and its regulators. However, any further action against them will take at least two years and will be limited to industry bans.

:: Daily Mail

Conservative party chiefs are accused of covering up allegations against a senior election aide, who, among other things, is alleged to have "bullied an activist to death".

:: The Independent, i

World powers at the UN Security Council are poised to declare a common war against IS. A draft resolution authorising "all necessary measures", in compliance with international law, to prevent further terrorist attacks could be adopted in days.

:: Daily Star, The Sun

The woman who blew herself up during a siege in northern Paris is said to have been "party-mad" and enjoyed drinking alcohol. She was the cousin of the Paris attacks plotter.

:: The Times

The Paris plotter, who was killed in a police raid on Wednesday, was behind four other attempted terror attacks in recent months, officials have confirmed.

:: The Guardian

Confirmation that the Paris attacks plotter travelled into, and through, the EU without alarms being triggered has put European leaders under pressure to get a grip on Europe's borders.

:: Daily Express

Islamic State is trying to manufacture chemical weapons to use against the West, intelligence officials have claimed.

:: The Daily Telegraph

The Paris plotter was reportedly able to slip into Europe among Syrian migrants.

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