Lanterns and candles drifted down the River Avon to commemorate those who have died as a result of nuclear weapons.

The Salisbury Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) staged a Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration on Monday evening, 8 August.

It was CND's first live event in two years and it remembered all who have died as a result of nuclear weapons or have had their lives damaged by nuclear development and testing.

Two hundred candle dishes mingled with lanterns sent over from Hiroshima in Japan to float down river from Fisherton Street Bridge to Crane Street.

The lanterns were decorated by art club students at Danbara Junior High School in Hiroshima.

Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima, sent a letter to honour the occasion.

Salisbury Journal: Mayor Kazumi Matsui's letter to Salisbury.Mayor Kazumi Matsui's letter to Salisbury.

Mayor Tom Corbin joined onlookers to watch the candle procession, who congregated on the bridges and river banks.

A spokesperson for Salisbury CND said: "We value our links with the people of Hiroshima.

"Our lantern float, which mirrors the event held in Hiroshima itself each year, provides all who witness it with time and space to reflect on the importance of eliminating nuclear weapons from our world.

"The war in Ukraine has made the possible use of nuclear weapons far more likely, which poses unimaginable consequences for humanity worldwide.”

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