I heard a newsreader say that today had more hours of sunlight than any other day. She should have said seconds, maybe.

It's a funny thing that, after the solstice, sunrise and sunset don't start to close in on each other equally. In Bude, sunrise today was at 05.04 BST and sunset is 21.35. By June 30 sunrise is four minutes later at 05.08 - but sunset is still at 21.35 (we won't quibble about seconds). Something to do with the Earth being a bit wobbly in its orbit. Maybe it needs its wheels balanced.