Hundreds turn out to mark Worthing Pride parade

A woman with long brown hair and wearing glasses and a rainbow-patterned hat and with pink framed sunglasses tucked into her white T-shirt, holds a rainbow striped umbrella. Next to her stands a man, wearing black sunglasses, a rainbow-patterned hat, white T-shirt and a rainbow-striped lanyard around his neck.Eddie Mitchell
Bob Dale
BBC News, South East
Will Flockton
BBC Radio Sussex, Worthing

Hundreds of people have taken part in Worthing Pride.

Many of them lined the route on Saturday, with about 500 joining in the parade itself.

The two-day event will end with a concert in Steyne Gardens, headlined by 911 and also featuring Danny Beard, Elektra Fence and the Cheeky Girls.

The West Sussex town's two new Labour MPs also took part in the parade.

Tom Rutland and Beccy Cooper, Worthing's new MPs, hold a rainbow banner between them as they smile and walk alongside other people taking part in Worthing Pride paradeWill Flockton/BBC

Worthing's two newly-elected Labour MPs Tom Rutland and Beccy Cooper took part in the parade

Beccy Cooper was elected in Worthing West and Tom Rutland in East Worthing and Shoreham in Thursday's election.

Both unseated Conservative MPs.

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