UK solar eclipse 2015: Britain prepares for 'doomsday' darkness

For the first time in 16 years the UK is about to experience a solar eclipse. Here's everything you need to know

Skies are darkening across the UK this morning as the country witnesses its first solar eclipse since 1999, prompting claims from one pastor that judgement day is nigh.

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