Nottingham Post published Summer Solstice 2016: 7 things you need to know

What is the summer solstice? It is the the longest day of the year with roughly 17 hours of sunlight. Today is this year's solstice - in Nottingham the sun rose at approximately 4.40am and won't set until half 10 this evening,after the England match has finished.Why is it called the summer solstice? It comes from the Latin word solstitium which means "sun stands still". It is so called because the sun stops it's northward journey round the Earth, appearing to pause on the...