placed torches dont cast light beyond the chunk their in when you reenter the area. They look fine when you place them, the light just stops along one side when you come back to an area previously light up.
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However, this issue is a Duplicate of MCPE-58182.
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Duplicated by MCPE-58182 and many, many other reports.