Solar eclipse: Floodlights to be turned on during UK sports events including The Hundred and Kempton racing

Floodlights will be turned on throughout games in The Hundred on Wednesday due to the solar eclipse.

Up to 90 per cent of the sun will be obscured by the moon during the eclipse, which will occur between 6.17pm and 8.06pm, peaking shortly after 7pm.

It will be the first partial solar eclipse for 27 years and will be visible across Europe, with some places experiencing a total eclipse, where the sun, moon and earth all line up in space.

The light will dim, the temperature will drop and the wind may change direction as the sun disappears behind the moon. After a few minutes the sun will reappear and daylight will return.