The longest lunar eclipse in nearly 11 years!

Skywatchers in parts of Europe, Africa, Central Asia and Australia have been observing the longest full lunar eclipse in nearly 11 years.

It occurs when the Earth casts a shadow over the Moon but indirect sunlight can still illuminate the surface turning it a dramatic shade of red.

How pasta became the world's favourite food

Do you like pasta too?

Pasta has topped a global survey of the world's favourite foods. So how did the dish so closely associated with Italy become a staple of so many tables around the globe?

While not everyone knows the difference between farfalle, fettuccine and fusilli, many people have slurped over a bowl of spaghetti bolognese or tucked into a plate of lasagne.

Certainly in British households, spaghetti bolognese has been a regular feature of mealtimes since the 1960s. It's become a staple of children's diets, while a tuna-pasta-sweetcorn concoction can probably be credited with sustaining many students through their years at university.

But now a global survey by the charity Oxfam has named pasta as the world's most popular dish, ahead of meat, rice and pizza. As well as being popular in unsurprising European countries, pasta was one of the favourites in the Philippines, Guatemala, Brazil and South Africa.

Dyfi osprey produces first osprey chicks for 400 years

The two ospreys chicks at the Cors Dyfi reserve are doing well

Wildlife experts are celebrating the arrival of two osprey chicks at a nature reserve in Powys.

Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust said it was the first time in 400 years the birds had bred in the Dyfi valley, near Machynlleth.

The trust had been waiting two years for romance to blossom when at Easter adult ospreys Monty and Nora produced three eggs.

On its website, Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust's Dyfi Osprey Project said: "On Sunday 5 June, at 1:10pm, the first osprey chick began to make its way into the world.

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Emyr EvansDyfi Osprey Project manager

"Within two hours, the first chick had emerged, closely watched by proud parents Monty and Nora.

"The second chick finally struggled free of the egg at 6:35am on Monday 6 June."

Dyfi Osprey Project manager, Emyr Evans said: "This is a wondrous event for us, and for the ospreys.

"It was in 1604 that ospreys were last recorded breeding on the Dyfi and now we are witnessing history in the making.

"The osprey is Wales' rarest bird of prey and today we are delighted to be able to say that Wales has two breeding pairs. It's incredible to think that the last time an osprey chick hatched in the Dyfi estuary, James I had just succeeded Elizabeth I to the throne.".

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