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And the scale of the universe. and would you say that you could only really hold a festival like this here in the hebrides? i think so, yeah. because youve got, on the one hand, youve got stornoway with a fairly sizeable town with an arts centre. but on the other hand, the rest of the island is mostly villages and so, there is almost no light pollution and so, thats where you really get to see the incredible skies above. one of the best stargazing spots on the island can be found one hour down t...

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Well, if you are a regular view of the travel show, you will remember that earlier this year, we took a trip across the length and breadth of the british isles in our all—electric travel show van. but when we visited the outer hebrides, the group of islands off scotlands wonderful west coast, we made an extra stop in stornoway, where i met the organisers of the annual hebridean dark skies festival, which ended this month. stornoway is the main town on the outer hebrides. around 6000 people liv...

Andrew, so what are we seeing here on this screen? this is a series of films called 0ur night skies, which were made all over the world during lockdown. ah, wicked! it was commissioned by an artist collective called lumen, and lumen are doing theirfirst scottish exhibitions as part of our festival. andrew is one of the main organisers of the hebridean dark skies festival, which has been running since 2019 with events combining art and astronomy. i think one of the interesting things that artists...

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Stop sea levels rising, _ or we could be underwater soon. these small islands, hoping for big commitments from world leaders to mitigate the worst that climate change might bring. lorna gordon, bbc news, in the uists in the outer hebrides. world leaders are still taking to the stage. borisjohnson and antonio guterres left the stage but they have been replaced by liz truss and the united nations representative than they are continuing to meet and greet around 120 world leaders who are here in gla...

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