I refused to do this and informed officers that if any lights were to be
switched off then it was up to the Cabinet member for Streetscene to deal with.
"Lights will not be
switched off in any of our town centres, at principle road junctions and roundabouts, in areas surrounding emergency service bases, near pedestrian crossings or areas covered by our CCTV cameras."
Some of the names backing the campaign included The Ricoh Arena, which
switched off its giant sign, The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry's universities and West Orchard Shopping Centre.
THE woman who wants her life-support machine
switched off, yesterday heard an impassioned plea about the effect it would have on doctors if she wins her court battle.
He said: "If everyone in the country
switched off unwanted lights and appliances every day we could scrap a power station."
Mr Hewitt estimates the saving is equivallent to 100,000 lightbulbs being
switched off.
"If we all do our bit by making sure TVs, DVD players, games consoles and computers are
switched off and that we turn lights out when they are not needed, then we can make a big difference to the environment."
If all lights in the county were
switched off, council bosses believe they could make an annual saving of pounds 740,000.
LANDMARKS across Wales
switched off their lights at the weekend as part of Earth Hour.
Swansea City AFC
switched off all non-essential lights at the Liberty Stadium and wore their white kit washed at 30degC to play Nottingham Forest.
Photos of police officers manning their candle-lit stations in the 44 towns and four cities of the province flooded social media, shortly after they
switched off their lights from 8:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m.