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The Galloway Forest Park was declared the UK's first Dark Sky Park on 16 November 2009. But what exactly does that mean? And, over the intervening years, what difference - if any - has it made?

More than 300 delegates have gathered in south west Scotland to hear the case for a Galloway national park. The event in Gatehouse of Fleet heard how it could help with wider regeneration of the area.