if you have travelled down to dagenham tojoin if you have travelled down to dagenham to join other womenn. what does it mean to you to be there? absolutely fantastic. give us a sense of what it was like 50 years ago, when you decided to walk out. you had only just ago, when you decided to walk out. you had onlyjustjoined the firm, hadn't you ? you had onlyjustjoined the firm, hadn't you? yes, yeah, i was only a few weeks, yes. at first it was really, really daunting, because women don't go out on strike. and where you are confident then that you could achieve what you wanted to achieve, equal pay? no, not really, no. we had mixed feelings, everyone had mixed feelings. and when you made some progress you got almost what you wanted, you must have been amazed, you must have been so pleased you actually took the action you did? oh, yeah, absolutely fantastic. because it wasjust, we made history, didn't we? you certainly did. do you feel you have a place in history? not at the time but now we have been told. and what do you think now, given what an issue equal pay still is always yea rs issue

we are in the ford plant at dagenham. 0ne the new. we are in the ford plant at dagenham.emale machinists went out on strike because they were campaigning to get equal recognition of skilled workers as the men who worked in the factories. we are going to be talking to some of the women who work in our in a moment, but given it is also 100 years since women had the vote, i wanted to look at whether things have changed or not for women in the workplace. in 1913, 50,000 people gathered in hyde park to demand votes for women. the rally marked the end of a peaceful mass march known as the great pilgrimage. women from all over britain travelled on foot, on horseback, and if they were lucky, on caravans like this one. now, this is a replica of the caravan used by the suffragist marjory lees to make that pilgrimage right up from 0ldham, in the north—west, to here, hyde park in london. and it wasn't just votes that the thousands of women were campaigning for here. this document was published around 1907 by the wspu, the organisation founded by emily pankhurst. now, as you can see,

it was also the inspiration for the 2010 film made in dagenham.se women are currently travelling down to dagenham for the anniversary event. we can speak to frances kerwin and marie taylor — former workers who went on strike. and also drjana javornik, director of the centre for equality and diversity at the university of east london, is here. frances and marie, i want to start with you if i can. 50 years ago, when you went on strike, for you, what was it that said enough is enough? we didn't really know, it is just what you go through when you are working,... you just all cling together and stay with each other. you thought it was important to show solidarity with your colleagues in dagenham? oh, yes, we joined willingly. we just... just stuck it out and waited until the end of the whatever was going on because at first, we did not really realise what was going on until we got right into, you know, the thick of it and eve ryo ne into, you know, the thick of it and everyone was saying it was about equal pay and skilled work and everything else we w

the a13 is slow westbound between dagenham and barking. the usual delays there. westminster, victoria street is closed both ways for resurfacing work between the broadway and great smith street. lets have a check on the weather now, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it is a deceptively chilly start to the day for this time of year. some of our temperatures drop back to six celsius last night, but it will feel pleasa ntly warm celsius last night, but it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine, with lighter winds and we saw yesterday. a beautiful day, all in all. here is the map. now, as you can see, there is barely a cloud in the sky throughout the day. just a light northerly breeze and temperatures will be higher than we saw yesterday. 21 or 22 celsius, might even see the odd spot of 23. in london, just be aware that with the sun directly overhead the uv levels are very high and the pollen levels are very high and the pollen levels are very high and the pollen levels are also very high as well. so there will be lots of late sunshine around this eveni

service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads: traffic is building up on the a13 westbound from dagenhamd now let's get the weather forecast for today, and a brief outlook. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to 27 degrees celsius. but today, if you're back to work, well, the weather won't make it too difficult. it's generally looking cloudier and cooler. the temperatures will be lower, and there won't be quite as much sunshine around, either. now, it's a mild, a rather muggy start to the day today. we've got temperatures in double figures across the board. there are a few early showers around, but they shouldn't last for long. but lots of low cloud around through the morning, and then the cloud will tend to thin and break as we move through the afternoon. and the best of the breaks will probably be out towards western areas, but some brightness developing further east, too. top temperatures between 18 and 21 degrees celsius. now, there should be some evening brightness around, as well. but the cloud will infill again overnight tonight, so a rather grey start to the day once more tomor

today marks the 50th anniversary of the strike by machine seamstresses at the ford car plants in dagenhamt in 1970, which outlawed discrimination on pay and conditions between men and women. sophie rawroth reports. it was an historic moment in the campaign for equal pay — the decision to strike by this group of women who stitched the seats for thousands of ford cars in dagenham forced the company to shut down parts of its plant. we are on strike until the 27th ofjune, thursday 27th ofjune. all of you? all of us, all the machinists, anyway. so no car seat covers for ford? no, not from us, anyway. none of the girls have got any doubts at all. we know what we're fighting for. we're prepared to stay there until we get it. we deeply regret all the men that's been put off through our cause, but the quicker they get down and do something and give us what we want, we'll get back to work and give them all they want. despite the strike being more about grading than money, the impact made was hugely significant. the women wanted to be recognised as semi—skilled workers rather than unskilled ones. fe

in1968a group of women machinists working at ford's dagenham plant walked out of work to fight for faireres for women. the rally marked the end of a peaceful mass march known as the great pilgrimage. women from all over britain travelled on foot, on horseback, and if they were lucky, on caravans like this one. now, this is a replica of the caravan used by the suffragist marjory lees to make that pilgrimage right up from 0ldham, in the north—west, to here, hyde park in london. and it wasn't just votes that the thousands of women were campaigning for here. this document was published around 1907 by the wspu, the organisation founded by emmeline pankhurst. now, as you can see, it says all the more important and lucrative positions are barred to women. if you wanted a lucrative position you could come here, the city of london. but, out of the 350 biggest companies in britain, only 13 have female ceos. so how much have things really changed ? i don't think women are still barred from achieving lucrative positions, but i do think that the unconscious bias remains. lucrative positions in positio

in dagenham, an accident is blocking one lane on the a13, coming into town just before chequers lane.ry. we have some good spells of sunshine, one or two showers further south, but they will fizzle out. the cloud will burn back towards the east coast. a pleasant afternoon, the sunshine quite strong at the moment, pollen count also high. temperatures getting up to 24 celsius. a lovely evening in the sunshine, then overnight, and some showers overnight. the cloud will gradually work its way in again from the east, should stay dry, again a little bit of mistiness. the minimum temperature between 11 and 12 celsius. for tomorrow, it could be a cloudy start. but again, that will start to burn back. some bright and sunny spells. a touch cooler as we had through tuesday. plenty of sunny spells and temperatures staying in the low 205. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. final preparations are being made in singapore for

turning to the roads, if we look at the camera, it is the usual delays on a13 from dagenham to barkinged westbound at henly‘s corner, in hendon, for roadworks. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's quite a grey, damp and drizzly start this morning. there's quite a lot of low cloud around, a little bit misty, and it's feeling that little bit cooler, as well. and that trend is going to continue as we head through the day. now, there's some outbreaks of light drizzle, nothing too spectacular. it will gradually dry out during the day. but we will still see this cloud, perhaps feeling a little cooler this afternoon. the further north you go, you may see a little bit of sunshine. temperatures, if you get that sun breaking through, could get up to 20 celsius so it is feeling a touch cooler. now, it'll be clear at first overnight, but then the cloud will roll back in from the east. so minimum temperature a touch cooler, perhaps, than last night — between seven and 10 celsius. so another quite cloudy start tomorrow, but that cloud will start to break up,