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Stargazers across the UK were able to spot the Northern Lights last night (pictured) in north England and Scotland especially, which was a rare chance to observe the famous natural phenomenon.

Few oppose the restitution of treasures stolen by force. But the argument for the return of artefacts like the Elgin Marbles is different

Now on bbc news, its the travel show, with ade adepitan. coming up on this weeks programme... were talking shop in paris as one of the citys most famous department stores celebrates its belated 150th birthday. its...its big. really big. the underground railroad that had no stations and no trains but helped thousands of enslaved african—americans escape to freedom in canada. i love that term "freedom seekers", because had they not sought freedom, who knows where we would have been to this day? ...

Up their latest exhibit. 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. 0h, 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 inter...

Viewer of the travel show, youll 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 sky festival, which ended this month. stornoway is the main town on the outer hebrides. around 6,000 people live here — roughly a quarter...

Well, if youre a regular viewer 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 sky festival, which ended this month. stornoway is the main town on the outer hebrides. around 6000 people live ...

0k, ok, now in bbc news, it is the travel show. coming up on this weeks programme, were talking shop in paris as one of the citys most famous department stores celebrates its belated 150th birthday. it is big, really big! the underground railroad that had no stations and no trains but helped thousands of enslaved african—americans escape to freedom in canada. i love that term — freedom seekers — because if they had not sought freedom, who knows where we would have been to this day? and i h...

I have arrived at the towns arts centre, where they are just about to wrap up their latest exhibit. 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. wicked! it was commissioned by an artist collectice called lumen, and theyre doing their first scottish exhibition as a part of our festival. andrew is one of the main organisers of the hebridean dark skies festival — which has been running sin...

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