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Where darkness is the star

We might be keen to see the back of dark winter nights at the moment – but for one Scottish region, pitch-black skies could prove a big asset for the toursim industry.

In November, Galloway Forest Park -- where 7000 stars are visible, compared to 500 in Glasgow’s light-polluted skies -- became Europe’s first official dark-sky park.