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

08:30, London: Pensions anger at London hospitals

UNISON NHS workers were striking from dawn outside London’s Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals

10:35, Cardiff: Rallies at County Hall

‘We are getting wonderful support’

09:20, Swindon, Support even among working staff

As a community psychiatric nurse living in Swindon, Paul Gore proudly states that today he is sstriking for the first time ever’

07:30, Bristol: Council workers say fair pensions for everyone

Bristol City Council workers were out on strike from 6am to defend their pensions

07:33, London: Enough is enough

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis tells Radio 4 Today programme: “Enough is enough”

00:20, Bristol: Vigil starts day of action

Candlelit vigil begins day of action at midnight in Bristol

08:00, Sheffield: Messages from South Yorkshire

Police staff, youth workers and council staff all out

06:49, Sheffield: Pickets out in Yorkshire

Members across Yorkshire are out early

08.45, Cambridge: NHS staff take action at Addenbrooke’s Hospital

NHS workers picket Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge

06:23, London: ‘History is being made today’

General secretary Dave Prentis boards bus bound for picket lines

10:40, Cardiff: ‘We won’t pay for the greedy bankers’

‘It’s unfair that we are being penalised for other people’s mistakes’

08:17, Cardiff, Wales shutdown takes shape

Cardiff Town Hall and Bute Tunnel were shut down as the strike took shape across Wales