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£9bn Thames tunnel faces axe amid fears over Tory infrastructure plans

Rishi Sunak failure to commit to HS2’s northern leg has raised concerns about the future of several large-scale transport projects

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge Dahlia: What are the origins of the Victorian Festival?

The festival dates back to the 1840s but is coming back in 2023

Evening Standard

Stonehenge dahlia show celebrates largely forgotten Victorian tradition

After 180 years, flowers and floral sculptures make a return to the famous stone circle this weekend

The Guardian - UK

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Victorian dahlia show recreated at Stonehenge with thousands of flowers

More than 10,000 people attended flower shows in the 1840s at the historic landmark.

The Independent UK

Indigenous burial mounds in Ohio become Unesco world heritage site

The network of ceremonial mounds join the Acropolis, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China

The Guardian - US

Revival of Stonehenge road tunnel plan triggers new legal challenge

Campaigners to return to the courts after planned two-mile tunnel near site, blocked in 2021, is greenlit again

The Guardian - UK

“I don't know whether we played it properly, but the audience loved it”: When Black Sabbath regularly covered Smoke on the Water – and unwittingly inspired Spinal Tap's Stonehenge

Sabbath's ill-fated Born Again tour featured comically oversized props “as big as the real Stonehenge”, onstage spills, and a crowd-pleasing hard-rock crossover

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Kate Fielden obituary

Other lives: Doughty campaigner against destructive developments in the Stonehenge landscape

The Guardian - UK

Bird on the wire nest on Electric Avenue?

Letters: Brixton new-build | Derek Malcolm tributes | Stonehenge trees instead of tunnel | Send her Victorias | Chelsea on the cheap

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge road tunnel plans approved by transport secretary

Mark Harper gives consent to disputed scheme to widen roads and dig two-mile tunnel near ancient site

The Guardian - UK

"It was an utterly ridiculous idea": Geezer Butler on the embarrassing truth behind Black Sabbath's infamous Stonehenge set, their unfortunate 'devil baby' and Spinal Tap

"People often ask if I've seen the film This Is Spinal Tap. I always reply, 'Seen it? I lived it'."

Metal Hammer

4,500-year-old 'Stonehenge' sanctuary discovered in the Netherlands

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,500-year-old sanctuary in the Netherlands that marks the solstices and equinoxes, and was also used as a burial ground.

LiveScience

Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary discovered in Netherlands

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands

The Hindu

4,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge of the Netherlands’ unearthed by Dutch archaeologists

Over a million objects dating from different time periods uncovered at site, scientists say

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Daily Mirror

UK weather: Met Office warns 40C repeat of last year 'not impossible' as summer begins

As revellers took to Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day of the year, forecasters said there might be a need to issue red extreme heat warning in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror

Dermot O'Leary thrills fans as he says he's 'game' to visit Stonehenge naked with Holly

This Morning marked the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere on today's show, as host Dermot O'Leary revealed he wants to strip off and visit Stonehenge for

The Independent UK

Revellers mark the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge and Avebury

Events passed off peacefully as thousands celebrated the longest day of the year.

Space

Stonehenge's summer solstice orientation is seen in monuments all over the UK in amazing photos

Stone circles and ancient tombs dot much of the UK landscape. As the summer solstice reaches Stonehenge, photographer Josh Dury shares other Neolithic monuments that face the sun.

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Daily Record

Exact time summer solstice will fall on the longest day of the year

Scotland will see over 17 hours of sunlight today on the first day of summer.

Daily Mirror

Where is Stonehenge? 8 facts about the English Heritage site and summer solstice hotspot

Where is Stonehenge and other facts about the iconic landmark you may not know, as thousands of people head to Amesbury for the summer solstice

Daily Mirror

Thousands from across UK gather at Stonehenge to mark first day of summer

The summer solstice is the only occasion of the year members of the public are allowed into the sacred monument, where the sun can be seen rising next to the Heel Stone

Manchester Evening News

Susanna Reid shouts 'leave her alone' and 'she's married' as co-star gets friendly interruption live on air

Viewers joked Laura Tobin was 'being pulled' live on the ITV news programme as she appeared from Stonehenge

WEKU

Summer solstice brings druids, pagans and thousands of curious people to Stonehenge

A seemingly curious alliance of druids, pagans, hippies, local residents and tourists gathered around Stonehenge and greeted sunrise on Wednesday, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.

Evening Standard

Revellers gather at Stonehenge for summer solstice celebrations

Thousands made the pilgrimage to the ancient stone circle to witness the sunrise on the longest day of the year

The Independent UK

Thousands gather at Stonehenge for annual ritual marking the summer solstice

Druids, pagans, hippies, local residents, tourists and costumed witches and wizards are gathering around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have some communal fun

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