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The uncertain future of the Gravity Fields Festival will be discussed by the town's councillors.

Festivals funded by a council could be axed as part of plans to cut costs.

A hospital boss says that staff are working through a patient backlog caused by a shortage of critical medical supplies.

One of the biggest and best meteor showers of 2023 will peak this week with 110 shooting stars every hour and here's how to see it.

One of the biggest and best meteor showers of 2023 will peak this week with 110 shooting stars every hour and here's how to see it.

Two spectacular supermoons are among the big events to look out for in 2023 but what else can we expect from the new sky gazing calendar?

Two spectacular supermoons are among the big events to look out for in 2023 but what else can we expect from the new sky gazing calendar?

Two spectacular supermoons are among the big events to look out for in 2023 but what else can we expect from the new sky gazing calendar?

Up to 150 meteors an hour should be visible in the night sky for the peak of the unusual Geminid meteor shower.

Up to 150 meteors an hour should be visible in the night sky for the peak of the unusual Geminid meteor shower.

The last full Moon of 2022 - aptly named a Cold Moon - will be visible as temperatures plummet below freezing.

The last full Moon of 2022 - aptly named a Cold Moon - will be visible as temperatures plummet below freezing.

The Leonids meteor shower will peak this week bringing fast, bright shooting stars to the skies above us.

The Leonids meteor shower will peak this week bringing fast, bright shooting stars to the skies above us.

An entrepreneurial couple have designed a revolutionary new paper bottle in a bid to reduce discarded plastic in our seas and oceans.

Twice a year we change our clocks but how many people know of the man whose idea it was?

Twice a year we change our clocks but how many people know of the man whose idea it was?

Messaging platform Whatsapp has gone down for users on a day when it's likely to be in high usage by Tory MPs ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle.

Messaging platform Whatsapp has gone down for users on a day when it's likely to be in high usage by Tory MPs ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle.

A partial solar eclipse is taking place this month, the only one visible from the UK this year, and here's how to see it.