On Wednesday August 6th it will be exactly 80 years since the U S air-force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped by parachute and exploded 1,900 feet above ground level. Below, between 60,000 to 80,000 people died instantly, some ‘vapourised’ by the intense heat. Many more succumbed to radiation sickness later on, an illness not understood at the time.(1) Report by John Enefer.
The horrifying situation in Gaza, where the withholding of food aid from Palestinians by the Israeli government is leading to widespread starvation, continues to send shock waves through the local community. In an open letter, Felicity Laurence of Amnesty Bexhill & Hastings Constituencies calls on local MP Helena Dollimore to condemn Israel’s actions and the goverment’s “complicity”.
The six councillors of the Hastings Independents Group have formally joined the newly launched left-wing political movement, Your Party, co-founded by Zarah Sultana MP and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Nick Terdre reports.
Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi have announced that they will hold another fundraising walk from Hastings to Bexhill on Sunday 10 of August after a woman on a recent fundraising walk suffered a serious attack. Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Katy Colley reports.
Unfortunately, This event has been cancelled. Please click on the ‘Read more’ link below for more information.
Jazz Hastings will bring some welcome heat and excitement to town at their August session on Tuesday 5th in the form of Salsadelc, an all-singing, all-dancing Latin American salsa band, says Julian Norridge.
A heated correspondence duel is under way on what to do about Gaza. The dispute is between local Labour MP Helena Dollimore (Hastings & Rye) and the local Hastings & Rye Green Party Chair (Justin Wynne). Bernard McGinley reports.
Battle was put on the map in 1066 – and it could be made famous once more if residents succeed in their mission to make it Britain’s first ‘solar town’. Bex Bastable from the Local Storytelling Exchange reports.
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