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Alexandra Park, a green expanse in the English coastal town of Hastings, is sprawling andlovely. It has wooded areas and several ponds, as well as two long, wide paths which __9__ around gently sloping lawns, gardens, trees and even a miniature railway track. It has just aboutanything a parkgoer could want— __10__ lights, security cameras and other safetyequipment. The park’s focus on urban wildlife means that the area is dark at night. But violentincidents can take place even during the day, as Kay Early knows all too well.      In June 2020, she was walking her dog when a man started following her, then punchedher repeatedly in the face. He didn’t take any of her possessions, as three passers-by managedto chase him off. But the attack has had severe 11 for Early, a 33-year-old supportworker for people with autism, who has been living with PTSD ever since. It didn’t help that,nine months after the attack, police told Early that her case was being dropped due to a lack ofevidence. It could have progressed if there had been surveillance video in the park, theinvestigator said. This has led Early and her friend Claire Noble to petition for more safetymeasures in the park, including CCTV and lights. Similar campaigns have been __12__ elsewhere in England, such as efforts by the Sheffield group Our Bodies Our Streets toimprove lighting in the city’s parks. Both the Sheffield and the Hastings campaigns predatedthe disappearance of Sarah Everard as she walked home in London. But Everard’s death, aswell as __13__ of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, killed in a north London park in June2020, have given extra urgency to discussion of women’s safety in public space.
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