11:46, Newcastle and Gateshead: Voices from the North

Newcastle and Gateshead out on strike

16:36, Manchester: ‘All out in the North West’

12 marches across the region demonstrate strength of feeling

13:55, Birmingham: Take heart, take courage

Dave Prentis tells Birmingham rally: ‘this is the day we turned the tide’

12:10, Swindon: Packed rally roars backing for UNISON message

UNISON assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie urges members to ‘stand strong, stand tall and stand firm’

13:00, Cambridge: We need to make a stand – strikers say

Over 2,000 trade unionists march through centre of Cambridge

Two million workers are no damp squib says UNISON

Government has driven public sector workers to the end of their tether

Nottingham: Workers march for pensions justice

Workers unite to march for pensions justice in Nottingham

15:40, Brighton: Rally takes its place in history

UNISON assistant general secretary Karen Jennings tells Brighton: ‘This is history in the making’

UNISON condemns Department of Health strike figures

DOH set to fiddle figures on turnout

14:10, Sheffield: Most imaginative picket of the day?

Sheffield lays claim to one of the most unusual pickets of the day

14:00, Bristol: ‘Today is about women – women who care, women who clean, women who teach”

UNISON women are striking for decent pensions

Bristol: Movement gathers pace in west country

Thousands of strikers, demonstrators and activists gather at Castle Park in Bristol.

10:33, Nottingham: ‘I was crying as I walked out, but I had to do it’

Nurses describe moment they went on strike

08:35, Bristol, Beeping horns greet picket line

Picket lines began in darkness at Bristol’s Frenchay Hospital, where UNISON members joined forces with Unite and GMB in protest.

09:59, Sheffield: Pensions chill hits NHS workers

Sheffield NHS workers feel the chill of the pensions proposals