Eastbourne!

[Gerry Glyde]

'Eastbourne a surprise name among UK's most polluted towns and cities'

Headline from the Guardian this morning. Who would have thought that gentille posh (at least formerly) town could get such an acolade?

Hastings going from strength to strength

[Richard]

Air pollution has been named as the main cause of lung cancer by the World Health Organisation, but that probably includes the effects from heavily polluted Chines and Indonesian industrial black-spots.
It can also cause bladder cancer and can trigger heart-attacks and breathing problems as well as strokes.
Air pollution is also thought to be associated with insidious effects on structural brain ageing, even in dementia and stroke-free individuals.