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| Winter solstice: Thousands gather at Stonehenge at dawn | Winter solstice: Thousands gather at Stonehenge at dawn |
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| Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to welcome the first sunrise after the winter solstice. | Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to welcome the first sunrise after the winter solstice. |
| English Heritage opened the site for those celebrating the end of the longest night of the year. The sun rose over Stonehenge at 08:11 GMT. | |
| Jenny Davies, from English Heritage, said about 5,000 people had come, ranging from pagans and Druid groups, families and tourists. | |
| She urged people to "respect the stones". | |
| "They are very special, so we ask that people don't climb on them, stand on them or sit on them," she said. |