Riot Police Break Up Party at Stonehenge
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Summer solstice celebrations planned at the prehistoric Stonehenge monument on Salisbury Plain were called off after uninvited crowds defied police orders and pushed through a fence to invade the circle of stones. About 150 people had permission for an early morning Druidic celebration, but other celebrants intruded, climbing atop the 5,000-year-old stones, located about 80 miles southwest of London. One woman stripped and danced naked as the sun rose over the horizon on the longest day of the year. Police in riot gear broke up the celebration, arresting 23 people.
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