The street lights switch-off will be rolled out across the rest of Dorset in the next year.

BBC: Swanage street lights switch-off to save ?150,000 a year

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Some residents in Dorset are calling on the county council to turn street lights back on at night time claiming the current switch-off is "dangerous".

BBC: Councillor Robert Gould, from Dorset County Council

The lights in Swanage will be programmed to switch off between 00:00 GMT and 05:30 GMT from April.

BBC: Swanage street lights switch-off to save ?150,000 a year

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At present the county council runs 45, 000 lights and so far 14 parish councils have expressed an interest in taking part in the switch-off.

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