Groundhog Phil predicts six more weeks of winter

THOSE hoping for an early spring were disappointed by the news from Gobbler’s Knob yesterday.

The annual ceremony of Groundhog Day on the knoll in Pennsylvania predicted winter will last another six weeks.

The groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged from his burrow to see his shadow and tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on February 2 winter will be long. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.