For thousands of years to mark the shortest, darkest day of the year. The annual phenomenon is caused by the earths north pole tilting farther away from the sun than at any other point in the year. Our reporter Michele Cross was at stonehenge talking to those who are celebrating. My husband made our headdresses, and we come here every year, just to mark the solstices. Get with the people, the atmosphere is amazing and we love to bring the kids. It is a really family atmosphere, never any trouble. And you bought your daughter, chloe. Michael, just talk me through the outfits that you have put together. I like to get some bits and pieces and tie them on and stick them on our heads. Happy days you are a pagan. What does the winter solstice mean to you . It solstice mean to you . Is celebrating ant and things like it is celebrating ant and things like land, having a little loading of need. That sort of thing, you know coming up we meet the people looking for solutions to Climate Change, an
Newcastle area, up to 6 degrees in the south. The weather front which is due this afternoon and this evening is out of the picture, it moves to the north sea, although low pressure is still close by, but it is sending a breeze with sunny spells and showers in our direction. On the whole, not looking too bad for most of us on sunday. The morning might be gloomy in the south and south east, but a pretty decent day for most. They prepared for occasional showers, maybe even a cla p occasional showers, maybe even a clap of thunder if you get one of those heavier showers. 4 degrees in aberdeen, around 10 degrees in london, ten is above the average, and talking the average, temperatures over the next few days looks like the mild air in the christmas outlook will be edging in oui christmas outlook will be edging in our direction. Not a snowflake insight. Here is monday. The start of christmas week. These winds are generally mild. A bit of rain in the forecast for the south of the uk late on mo
Neighbours from neighbouring states of delhi. There were several heart who is a role model for the youth wrenching stories. And climate action, also putting yasmin says her younger brother who died in the father had a lot of stress and anxiety on the youth . Been blessed with a baby because theres a lot of forums, participation, awareness we must be like her. Boy this morning. Yes, i think for me, Greta Thunberg did put on stress translation his third for me personally, i think child was born today. Because of the World Economic forum he did not know about it. We cant find his dead body. Speech that she did. We dont have any information. I want you to panic, and i want you to feel the fear that i feel every day. I think that kind of speech, made by a person on a global arena, puts stress and puts it it emphasises the issue on a global stage. Mohammed lost two of his and i think because of that, throughout the year, brothers in the blaze. We have seen more people talking about eco anxie
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Police in delhi have arrested the owner and manager of a factory which caught fire on saturday night. At least 43 people were killed in the blaze. Many were Migrant Workers using sleeping quarters in the building. Pratiksha ghildial reports from delhi. The blaze broke out on the ground floor of this multi storey factory in the early hours of the morning and then quickly spread to other levels. Rescue services say at least 100 people were sleeping inside the building at the time and died due to suffocation. I have been able to see some of them but i havent been able to spot them all. This is a really congested and densely populated area of delhi. The alleyways behind me to narrow to be accessed by fire engines. As a result, they had to fight the blaze from a distance of about 100 metres. The countrys prime minister, narendra modi, described the fire is extremely horrific and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. Those who survive the bl
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The us defence secretary, mark esper, has ordered a review of the screening process for Foreign Military in the us after a saudi soldier launched a deadly attack at a florida navy base. The gunman, Mohammed Saaed alshamrani, who was training at the pensacola site, killed three sailors on friday. Gareth barlow reports. Shot dead in the prime of their lives. Mohammed haitham was just 19 when he was killed. Joshua watson, 23. The third victim, cameron walters, was 21 years old. A saudi military trainee, mohammed alshamrani, killed the trio and injured eight others in what the fbi says is a suspected act of terror. We are, as we do in most active shooter investigations, work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism. This allows us to take advantage of investigative techniques that can help us more quickly identify and then eliminate any additional potential threats to the rest of our community. The us military has provided training for Internati