As the sky darkened, gradually at first and then quickly, people broke into applause and cheered. It was the Spain's first total solar eclipse in more than a century.
The Letchworth and District Astronomical Society have handed out safety glasses to crowds.
Newchapel Observatory was considered revolutionary when it was built in the 1960's.
Staffs at Twycross Zoo say they need new laws to make it easier to transport animals globally.
Most Deep Purple fans had long since given up any hope of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-know, decades-long estrangement.
The 24-year-old has followed a dominant two-month stretch with the worst 15-game stretch of his young career.