Colander sales ‘surge’ as Britons get ready for best solar eclipse in decades

The Independent Science

More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the Moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on Wednesday.

Crowds watched the astronomical event in Dublin and Belfast.

More than 90% of the Sun was obscured by the Moon, the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the total eclipse i…

More than 90% of the sun was obscured throughout Scotland at the peak of the eclipse.

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