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Why are street lights being turned off?

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Just over half of English councils with responsibility for street lights have dimmed or switched off overnight.

Oxfordshire , West Berkshire and Slough councils plan to dim or switch off lights overnight .

Study found there was no evidence of an association between street lighting being cut and increased offending.

Slough borough council said annual savings of Â112,000 by dimming lights are required.