People in Scotland, north of England and Northern Ireland may have best chance to view aurora borealis

Sky-gazers in parts of the UK may be treated to a display of the northern lights on Thursday night as solar winds race towards Earth at about 1m mph (1.6m km/h).

People in Scotland, the north of England and Northern Ireland may have the best chance to view the colourful aurora caused by charged particles from the sun colliding with molecules in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.

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