Summertime. Spaniels pant, cones are crunched and the distant sneezes of hay fever victims ricochet through the home counties ...

Tennis' grandest stage welcomed the show into town this past Monday. The grounds of Wimbledon are a tennis fan and tennis ...

Today the clocks have changed in the UK, taking us from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to British Summer Time (BST) Comments. Science. Shivali Best. 07:00, 31 Mar 2019.

The UK will switch to British Summer Time at 1am on Sunday, meaning people will effectively lose an hour’s sleep and Mother’s Day arrives an hour earlier. The change – also known as daylight ...

Year-round British summer time would prevent sleep deprivation, leading to fewer accidents, and boost the hospitality industry. Shall we get it done? James Moore. Saturday 25 March 2023 14:00 GMT.

British Summer Time (BST), otherwise known as daylight saving time, was originally devised to keep factories open for longer in the summer – since there was enough light to do so.

The Summer Time Act of 1916 was passed by Parliament and the first official day of British Summer Time was May 21 1916. Read: Everything you need to know about the clocks going forward.

Double Summer Time was brought in during the Second World War to save on fuel consumption. And between 1968 and 1971 the country experimented with staying on British Summer Time all year round.

British summer time, we can almost taste you. As the sun shines brighter each morning and sets a little later each evening, ...

Round 12 of the 2025 Formula 1 season is at Silverstone, as it hosts the British Grand Prix and celebrates 75 years of the ...

The British Summer Time usually ends on the last weekend of October. In 2021 the clocks will go back on October 31 to officially mark the end of BST.