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Anti-nuclear weapons activists to camp outside RAF base for ten days
An F-15E Strike Eagle of the United States Air Force's (USAF) 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, September 16, 2020

PEACE activists will camp outside RAF Lakenheath for 10 days as the Suffolk air base prepares for an “upcoming nuclear mission.”

Up to 50 members of Lakenheath Alliance for Peace set out on a three-day walk from Norwich to the United States Air Force base on Saturday and will set up camp there tomorrow until July 25 in their protest against nuclear weapons.

CND general secretary Kate Hudson said: “CND is a proud part of the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace and calls on everyone across Britain to get involved with this campaign.

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