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Newport suffragette honoured

Newport suffragette Margaret Haig Mackworth is being commemorated today. The postbox where she posted a 'small incendiary device' in 1913 has been decorated in suffragette colours and speakers will pay tribute to those who fought for equality.

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'Lady Rhondda: A local hero with national significance'

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."

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