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

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

11:17, Birmingham: We can do this if we stand together

Strikers in Birmingham say pensions attack is the final straw

11:59, London: GLA workers defy Boris

‘It’s a difficult and brave step for these members to strike’

15:04, Cambridge: Reality of life on ‘gold-plated’ pension

NHS worker reveals truth behind ‘gold-plated’ lies

15:10, Leeds: ‘We are being scapegoated’

‘ It is not local authority pensions that has left a big hole in government coffers’

14:37, London: Ambulance staff stand together

Ambulance staff in London among first on picket lines this morning

NHS strike solid support across the UK

More than 400,000 on strike