MORE than 250 people turned out to an anti-Trump protest in Southampton city centre.

Public speakers gave heated speeches in front of a huge crowd at the Bargate Monument, just off the High Street, between 1pm and 1.30pm today.

The event came as part of a movement which has seen women-led marches take place across the UK and world marking the first day of Donald Trump's presidency, with the largest taking place in Washington DC.

In total five Southampton women, some of which were from America and one of which was from France, spoke at the protest along with Councillor Satvir Kaur.

All genders, of all ages and race, from all over the city were welcomed to participate in the day as part of an international day of action of solidarity.

The aim of the event, which was organised by two students Veronika Rudolf and Charlie Moyends, was to raise awareness of people's fundamental rights and for the safeguarding of freedoms threatened by political events.

Charlie said a lot of the speakers talked about work which could be done after the protest in terms of activism and political involvement and she felt it helped make the day really successful.

"I think it went better than we could have expected. I'm so pleased and proud of the amount of people who turned up," she added.

"There were people from the Isle of Wight and Dorset who had travelled quite far and I had no idea would even be coming.

"We had three days to plan the protest so we did not think it would be nearly that big. We were quite pleased so many people turned up to support us.

"It was a great way of bringing people together and getting their voices heard.

"A lot of people are feeling frustrated with world politics at the moment."