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Furious residents are fighting against the proposal for a 8m business totem pole to be placed near the road entry of the town.

A PLEA has been made for businesses to support Hexham achieving Dark Skies Town status.

Botswana has as many elephants as it does people, which can lead to conflict where they both live in close quarters. Can a solution as simple as a bus help?

Some 200 places around the world have now achieved Dark Sky status. Frankie Adkins explores the benefits nights with out light pollution can bring.

A local astronomer is keen for Hexham to become England’s first Dark Sky Town. Wil Cheung, who runs stargazing events at The Twice Brewed Inn, said the town was “perfectly placed” in between the Northumberland National Park and North Pennines AONB to become a Dark Sky Town. The UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dark Skies was formed last year and exists to fight light pollution to protect our dark skies for future generations. Their ‘Ten Dark Sky Policies for t...