Newport suffragette honoured

It was 100 years ago that Margaret Haig Mackworth, later known as Viscountess Rhondda, became a local and national heroine.

As part of her fight for the women's vote she set fire to a postbox on Risca Road in Newport.

Megan Boot has been to see how that historical act is being remembered.

Jayne Bryant helped organise today's tribute to Newport suffragette Lady Rhondda.

She told our reporter Megan Boot: "It's great that we've rediscovered a local hero who had national significance.

"It's so important that we remember those who fought hard for the rights that we all have today."

Newport suffragette Margaret Haig Mackworth, later known as 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, is being commemorated today.

In 1913 Lady Rhondda posted a 'small incendiary device' in a postbox on Risca Road in Newport as part of the suffragette movement.

She was imprisoned after refusing to pay a fine, and was released only after going on hunger strike.

Today the same postbox has been decorated in suffragette colours and speakers will pay tribute to those who fought for equality.

Today also marks 100 years since suffragette Emily Wilding Davison stepped in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby in the name of women's rights.

She suffered serious injuries, which resulted in her death four days later.

The incident proved to be a precursor to change for women in Britain.