Trees being grown by uni come from two that survived Hiroshima atomic bombing

SEEDS from two trees that survived an atomic bomb attack at the end of the Second World War are being grown in North Staffordshire - as part of a project to promote peace and hope.

- Sentinel Reporter

The seeds were collected from an oriental plane tree in the grounds of the Tenma Elementary School - which was destroyed by the bombing of Hiroshima - and a 200-year-old ginkgo tree growing in Shukkeien Garden.

Both trees were less than a mile from the bomb site on August 6 1945, but miraculously survived the blast.

They will now be cared for by experts at Keele University until they become tall and sturdy enough to be planted in the ground.