Next weekend we get an hour extra in bed as the clocks go back

On October 27 the clocks go back by one hour at 2am which means it will start to go dark at around 4.30pm.

Due to the hour change it means we have an extra hour in bed so there is a good side effect to the time change however the longer dark night presents us with an alarming fact that more people die or have accidents on our roads.

This has helped politicians to have a debate on whether we should keep our time zone as BST which means the light is extended during Autumn and Winter months however no one has made any decision so far.

Most gadgets and other electronics in the home are automatically changed but some things like clocks and timers still need manually adjusting.