Summer Solstice

  • LifestyleYahoo News UK

    What is the summer solstice?

    Revellers are set to flock to Stonehenge for the annual midsummer event.

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  • NewsYahoo News UK

    UK weather: Britain's record-breaking heatwave is about to come to an abrupt, stormy end

    Britain has been basking in glorious sunshine for the past few days but it’s all set to come to a crashing halt today. The record-breaking heatwave – that saw the hottest June day since 1976 – is going to make way for that old summer favourite – rain. Severe weather warnings are in place overnight and throughout Thursday, with a cold front set to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to parts of southern Scotland, northern England, north Wales and the Midlands.

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    When is the first day of spring and when do the clocks go forward?

    After months of freezing cold weather, dark mornings and early sunsets, March heralds the beginning of the end of the gloom. Equinox remains until summer solstice – when the sun is furthest north and the first day of summer, which is 21 June 2017.

  • NewsAnthony Pearce's Blog

    10 Unusual Theories About Stonehenge

    On Monday, hundreds of people gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sunrise and welcome in the longest day of the year. The idea that Stonehenge is an elaborate graveyard seems to make a lot sense, and in 2013, archaeologists excavated and examined the remains of 63 bodies that had been buried there. The scientists, from the universities of Southampton, Manchester, Bournemouth, Sheffield, London, York and Durham, concluded that the first bluestones, the site’s smaller standing stones, were broug