Nova'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 North Somerset today..angry that the government want to make them pay more for their pensions and work longer.

Nancy's a teacher from Worle. She says the average teachers will be over a thousand pounds a year worse off under the proposed changes:

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Dozens of schools have had to close - and many staff are at a rally in Bristol this lunchtime...one of a thousand taking places across the UK..as they try and get the governemnt to change their mind.

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

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