DOZENS of people from York joined thousands from around the UK at a protest march in London this weekend.

Demonstrators, waving EU flags and placards, attended the People's Vote rally in central London on Saturday afternoon, walking from Pall Mall to Parliament Square, in a protest calling for a referendum on the terms of Brexit on the second anniversary of the EU vote.

A spokesman for York For Europe - which included former York Central MP, Sir Hugh Bayley and former Lord Mayor, Barbara Boyce - said there was "a good carnival atmosphere on the march", and 50 people from York and North Yorkshire travelled by coach, with dozens more visiting the capital by train, and groups from Leeds and Sheffield also attended.

Steven Smith of York for Europe said: "It was clear from the huge support for the march that the will of the people had changed, and a people's vote on the final Brexit deal was the only fair and democratic route of the Brexit mess."

York-born Sir Vince Cable, Lib Dem leader, joined Green co-leader Caroline Lucas, actor Tony Robinson and pro-EU campaigner Gina Miller in the capital, and said he thought evidence pointed towards a public rethink of Brexit if the terms of any deal were put to a vote.

Sir Vince said: "There are lots of things we didn't know at the time.

"We didn't know about the cost of the divorce bill, about the fact that we'd have less not more revenue for the NHS, we didn't know about the Irish frontier problem.

"We didn't know that we're going to get president Trump or we're going to destroy the trading system on which Brexit depends. The mood has changed."

Organisers of the march said at least 100,000 people attended, but police did not provide an official estimate.

Videos from the march showed the crowd chanting "Where's Jeremy Corbyn?". The Labour leader was in Jordan visiting refugee camps, but Labour's John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, said he would prefer a general election to a second referendum if a Brexit deal could be agreed and approved before the UK leaves the EU.

He said he thought a second referendum was "almost inevitable" as "demographically, younger people are in favour, they want jobs, they don't want to sing Elgar".