Lumiere given go ahead for 2013

24 July 2012 Last updated at 12:55 ET


Durham Cathedral and other buildings were lit up for the four-day festival

A light festival in Durham that attracted about 150,000 people in 2011 has been given the go ahead for 2013.
Durham's four-day light festival, Lumiere, turned buildings and bridges in Durham into illuminated works of art in November 2011.
Durham County Council said the event pumped £4.3m into the local economy.
Councillors were told there was a "compelling case" for staging it despite complaints about crowd control at the 2011 event.
Neil Foster from Durham County Council said: "We learned lessons from the first night and

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