{"id":510737,"date":"2026-06-21T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/510737\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:06:10","slug":"sun-rises-on-longest-day-in-the-uk-as-solstice-is-celebrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/510737\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun rises on longest day in the UK as solstice is celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fog did not dampen atmospherepublished at 06:37 BST<\/p>\n<p>06:37 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/73b87ad3-e1bc-46c3-9771-e0914c81d016.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Leanne Brown<br \/>Live page reporter, Hornsea<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A group of women in the foggy sea.  An RNLI lifeboat is behind them.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c3f002d5-f7b1-4b34-9baa-36a3a321d252.jpg.webp\"  width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The summer solstice may have dawned under a blanket of fog on Hornsea beach this morning, denying people a view of the Sun rising over the North Sea, but it did little to dampen the atmosphere. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hundreds of people gathered on the shoreline to mark the longest day of the year, braving the chilly water for an early morning sea dip before warming up around barbecues on the beach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Many spoke of the invigorating feeling of getting into the sea, as well as the strong sense of community, friendship and wellbeing that keeps them coming back year after year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fog did not dampen atmospherepublished at 06:37 BST 06:37 BST Leanne BrownLive page reporter, Hornsea The summer solstice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":["post-510737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}