I know that there are some people here with a particular fascination
for lighthouses so I hope this topic will be of interest:-

BBC Report: Lighthouses could be switched off...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8471030.stm

"Trinity House, the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales,
the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, which owns most of the country's
lighthouses, is consulting on proposals to stop using the historic
buildings to guide sailors."

The consultation period is now over, but the decision will not be made
public until later. The lighthouses under threat are at Beachy Head,
Hartland Point, Blackmore, Skokholm Island, Maryport and Orfordness.
The use of new technology, especially GPS, threatens to make these
historic landmarks, and seamarks, redundant.