St Paul's Cathedral protest: Three more arrested after fathers' rights demo

Three more people have been arrested after scaling St Paul's Cathedral in a protest about fathers' rights which lasted more than 24 hours.

Police said the protesters came down shortly after 6pm on Saturday night - over 24 hours since they first scaled the landmark on Friday.

A woman was arrested at around 12.30pm today on suspicion of aggravated trespass and remains in police custody.

Two men were arrested at around 6.20pm and were also arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass. They also remain in custody, police said.

A spokesman for City of London police said: all protesters are down now.

On Friday night a first man, a 19-year-old, was arrested as part of the protest.

He came down after spending several hours camped out on top of the iconic London landmark and was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

Police were called on Friday shortly after 4pm to the cathedral after activists were spotted on a gallery where they unfurled large purple banners in protest over fathers’ rights.

The group later confirmed they were associated with New Fathers 4 Justice and abseiled from the cathedral "to pray for Britain's children”.

Messages on the banners read: "Pray for Children" and "Family Court Hell."