and in half an hour here on bbc news: witness history tiananmen square remembered in china, also how britain pioneered an alternative to prison. crowds of demonstrators have gathered in locations across the uk to protest against the prime minister s decision to suspend parliament. organisers hope tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in dozens of towns and cities. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. simonjones has simon jones has our simonjones has our report. they say they want to stop the coup. protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson is trying to shut down democracy by suspending parliament ahead of brexit. people here insist they want their voices heard. stop brexit! i never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here in white or protesting against the shutdown of parliament. to look after their own interest in a way like this is deeply undemocratic and
and click looks at a new technology called object based media. that s in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. crowds of demonstrators have gathered in locations across the uk to protest against the prime minister s decision to suspend parliament. organisers hope tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in dozens of towns and cities. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, was among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. well, our correspondent simonjones is there for us. the protests a re the protests are continuing this afternoon. we are just outside downing street where people are still at the gates. they have been chanting they want boris out, they have been charting stop the code. earlier, people took to the stage, we heard from politicians, trade unions and general members of the public who wanted to have their say to. they say they want to stop the coup. protesters outside downing street claim borisj
and in half an hour, the victoria derbyshire programme looks at controversy over new relationship education in schools good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. crowds of demonstrators have gathered in locations across the uk to protest against the prime minister s decision to suspend parliament. organisers hope tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in dozens of towns and cities. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, was among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. from there, our correspondent simonjones reports. yes, the protests are continuing this afternoon. we re just outside downing street, where still people are at the gates. they have been chanting they want boris out, they ve been chanting, stop the coup . earlier, people took to the stage. we heard from politicians, we heard from members of trade unions, and people, just general members of the public, who wanted to have their say, too. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, s
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