Fire's been speaking to some of the workers who've gone on strike today - over changes to public sector pensions.

Nurses, job centre staff and teachers are just some of the staff who've walked out in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch today..angry that the government want to make them pay more for their pensions and work longer.

Donna works at a primary school in Dorset:

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Hundreds of schools have had to close...and a rally's underway at the Royal Bath hotel in Bournemouth town centre...

Workers here join around 2 million across the country who've walked out today as they try and get the government to change their minds.

Health secretary Andrew Lansley says negotiation remains the route to a satisfactory outcome though.

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