'The most amazing thing I have ever seen': Watch the UK's last total solar eclipse
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Not since Tony Blair was prime minister, Ronan Keating was topping the charts and Kevin Keegan was managing England's football team has a total solar eclipse been observed in the UK. On Wednesday evening, 27 years later, more than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the moon - the most it has been blocked above UK skies since August 1999. Watch how Sky News covered the once-in-a-generation event 27 years ago. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for f
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