21/01/2017

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:00:09. > :00:15.So tens of thousands of women - and a number of men including

:00:16. > :00:19.the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan - have taken part in an anti-Trump

:00:20. > :00:22.It was to specifically express fears over women's rights being eroded

:00:23. > :00:28.And also among the marchers, were relatives of one

:00:29. > :00:31.of the original suffragettes - who campaigned for women's votes

:00:32. > :00:41.Protesters gathered at the American Embassy

:00:42. > :00:43.in Grosvenpor Square with a single message about defending

:00:44. > :00:48.For Cathy Marsh from Essex there was a real fear that

:00:49. > :00:51.sacrifices made by her family in the suffragette movement could be

:00:52. > :00:58.I wanted to come here in memory of my great aunt who stood shoulder

:00:59. > :01:03.to shoulder with her dear Mrs Pankhurst.

:01:04. > :01:06.I wanted to come here to show my son, my young son,

:01:07. > :01:09.that it is important to stand up for what you believe

:01:10. > :01:14.in and I came here for myself, because there is nothing

:01:15. > :01:16.so empowering as been surrounded by thousands of others

:01:17. > :01:22.At the beginning of the 20th century, marches by women

:01:23. > :01:24.through the streets of London were commonplace in

:01:25. > :01:29.Cathy's mum says she has experienced that kind

:01:30. > :01:36.When I was a young woman, there was a lot of discrimination

:01:37. > :01:39.still against women, it was difficult to get a job

:01:40. > :01:45.People asked about childcare, you could not get a mortgage

:01:46. > :01:48.without the signature of a man and all the rest.

:01:49. > :01:52.I feel like people like Trump want that the clock turned back.

:01:53. > :01:54.The march to Trafalgar was peaceful and friendly.

:01:55. > :02:04.Women of all ages were there and men, too.

:02:05. > :02:07.We wanted to support the women who came here.

:02:08. > :02:10.Trump made so many appalling comments about so many minority

:02:11. > :02:12.groups, the disabled, LGBT, we wanted to come

:02:13. > :02:18.On the first full day of Donald Trump's Presidency,

:02:19. > :02:21.no one knows whether his policy will affect women's rights,

:02:22. > :02:23.but these protesters wanted to make their views known

:02:24. > :02:26.from the start, a message from the streets of the capital

:02:27. > :02:35.Police officers were punched and had cigarettes poked in their faces -

:02:36. > :02:38.as they tried to stop an 'illegal' rave in south-east

:02:39. > :02:40.London last night. They were called to Deptford High

:02:41. > :02:44.Street after people were spotted entering a disused bank.

:02:45. > :02:47.Five officers were injured, with some taken to not

:02:48. > :02:54.A couple from Surrey, have met the call handler -

:02:55. > :02:57.who just a few weeks ago talked them through delivering their baby -

:02:58. > :03:02.They couldn't get to the hospital in time, so Simon Williams -

:03:03. > :03:04.who was answering the phone for the emergency services

:03:05. > :03:07.hundreds of miles away - found himself having to tell

:03:08. > :03:25.Hello. He has come with a present but Simon has already helped this

:03:26. > :03:29.family from Surrey deliver the greatest gift of all over the phone.

:03:30. > :03:39.He said that the baby was coming. That was it. You think that. The

:03:40. > :03:43.baby was coming out. You are through to the NHS 111 service. When Simon

:03:44. > :03:47.picked up the call in Newcastle he quickly realised things were not

:03:48. > :03:54.quite right. The question he answered yes to which hurried things

:03:55. > :03:58.up, it was that the waters were stained, it means the baby was

:03:59. > :04:01.stressed. Simon said an ambulance and a taxi was called. The car

:04:02. > :04:06.arrived first and were more signs that their baby would not wait. He

:04:07. > :04:14.was standing there and saying, are you guys coming with us? What was on

:04:15. > :04:18.your dress? There was blood and everything on my shirt, because the

:04:19. > :04:24.baby came with the pressure, the blood was all around. I told the

:04:25. > :04:31.taxi to go now. In the end, the baby was born under the stairs of the

:04:32. > :04:36.family home. She is alive and she is healthy. That is your hard work.

:04:37. > :04:37.Daniel Henry, BBC London News. Congratulations to the family and

:04:38. > :04:39.credit to Simon as well. The weather, and after a sunny

:04:40. > :04:42.but cold day, there'll be more widespread frost tonight -

:04:43. > :04:44.with some possible fog patches. Tomorrow, London will be

:04:45. > :04:47.glistening, but chilly. There's more on our Facebook,

:04:48. > :05:15.Twitter and website. Good evening. It does not get

:05:16. > :05:18.warmer. If you check the UK as a whole, it has been one of the

:05:19. > :05:24.coldest days so far. The hard frost to come in areas where it stays

:05:25. > :05:28.clear, parts of East Anglia, the south-east, fog across Scotland, at

:05:29. > :05:32.West, a change, showers and parts of Wales and England, some snow on high

:05:33. > :05:38.ground as well. Meanwhile, down under through the early hours, Andy

:05:39. > :05:49.Murray will be getting ready for his next match in the Australian