Hundreds of people are still pouring onto the Stonehenge site, as they await the sunrise to mark our shortest day.

The winter solstice is known to have been celebrated for many centuries at the ancient stones.

Sunrise is at 0810 this morning.

On a drizzly morning, hundreds of people are pouring onto the ancient monument site at Stonehenge, as they await the sunrise on winter solstice.

The rising of the sun, at around 0810, will mark the beginning of our shortest day in the northern hemisphere.

The Wiltshire inventor and billionaire Sir James Dyson has settled a dispute with the chief executive he sacked in October, for allegedly stealing Dyson company secrets.

The BBC understands that Max Conze, who was sacked abruptly by Dyson for a series of alleged "breaches" has received a multi-million-pound settlement.

In November the company filed a claim in the High Court, claiming Mr Conze breached his duties in several ways.

Mr Conze, who worked for the vacuum and hairdryer-maker for six years, denied the allegations.

A spokesman for Mr Conze said: "All claims have been settled."

Hundreds of people have arrived, and many more are expected at Stonehenge, to celebrate the winter solstice.

The sun will rise at around 0810, marking the shortest day.

BBC Wiltshire will be there. Check in here for our Facebook live after 0800.

A mild but drizzly start for the winter solstice this morning.

But the early rain will gradually ease, leaving a mild and rather cloudy day with some chance of sunshine.

Here's the full picture:

As we head into Friday and onto the weekend, things are staying mild.

We could be waking up to temperatures as high as 10 degrees on Christmas Day.

Here's Ian Fergusson with the latest forecast:

Christmas is just around the corner, so these two reindeer are very much in demand right now.

Dancer and Blitzen came to visit the BBC Points West studio in Bristol tonight.

The pair belong to Karen Perrins, from Stroud, who always wanted her own reindeer when she was younger.

Bristol City won 2-1 at Ashton Gate last night to set up a semi-final against the leaders of the Premier League.

But even though Manchester City have won 16 games in a row in the league this year, Bristol City superfan Margaret Dodds, 100, told BBC Points West's Robin Markwell she hopes for another upset.

After nearly two years in hospital six-year-old Dylan Woodley is finally back home in Wells.

He was just three-years-old when he choked on a piece of ham and suffered irreparable brain damage.

He spent months at Bristol Children's Hospital and missed two Christmases.

Now his mum, Ally Wheatley, says she is looking forward to a "proper family Christmas at home".

A couple from Wiltshire could next month become one of the oldest sets of newly-weds in the country.

Joan Grant, 81, is engaged to Ted Wright, 90, and they're preparing for their wedding day in Swindon on 19th January.

They've been together for 15 years since their previous partners died.

A Christmas outing for a group of metal detectorists in Somerset resulted in a spectacular find of Roman coins and then a rare coffin.

The haul of more than 250 coins was discovered at the end of November, during the Detecting for Veterans Christmas meeting.

The group returned days later with the county archaeologist and discovered a lead coffin, which is thought to be the burial place of a woman.

The treasure is with British Museum for cleaning and valuing and in the New Year there will be further explorations of the site.

One of the most dedicated football fans in the West must be Margaret Dodds.

At the age of 100 she's a regular spectator at Ashton Gate, watching her beloved Bristol City.

She was there last night and says the 2-1 against Man Utd was quite unexpected.

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Support staff at Swindon's Great Western Hospital are voting on whether to strike over the standards of cleaning.

The GMB union says "Serco and the Great Western NHS Trust" must "urgently step in to resolve the deteriorating problems at GWH".

Housekeepers, cleaners and caterers are currently employed by Carillon but will soon be moving over to rival company Serco.

They say Carillon is not covering workers who are sick and instructing cleaners to "just do the basics", meaning that patients' safety is at risk.

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BBC News has compiled a list of the more unusual things people have sent in the post.

Bramwell and his friend David Robinson, from Tickenham in North Somerset, spent a year sending inanimate objects to each other.

The unwrapped items successfully sent by the pair included underwear, an apple, a piece of toast and a leaf.

It's apparently also possible to send some pants, and a flip flop.

Image source, David Bramwell

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A firearms dealer who was found guilty of supplying illegal handguns and home-made ammunition linked to more than 100 crime scenes, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Paul Edmunds, of Hardwicke near Gloucester, supplied ammunition linked to three murders.

Police discovered 100,000 rounds of ammunition when they raided his home in 2015.

Bristol City midfielder Josh Brownhill signs a deal to keep him at the club until the end of the 2020-21 season.

After Bristol City beat Manchester United 2-1 last night, most journalists were out chasing Bristol City's manager Lee Johnson.

Spare a thought for the one solitary journalist, BCFM's Paul Davis, who managed to catch Jose Mourinho's press conference.

No other journalists were in the room.

The animals were culled in 19 areas in eight counties in England.

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The ongoing badger cull has been described as "cruel and inhumane" by the Badger Trust.

Figures released by the government show more than 19,000 badgers were culled in England this year, in an attempt to reduce the levels of TB in cattle.

It took place in eight counties, including Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset.