Time (BST) begins on the last Sunday of March, with clocks moving forward by one hour to increase evening daylight. This is done to make better use of daylight during summer, with origins traced to ...

During summer, central Europe therefore moves from Central European Time to Central European Summer Time. In Britain, where clocks are one hour behind, the kingdom moves from Greenwich Mean Time to ...

British Summer Time (BST) has officially begun ... but nothing was done until the First World War. The turning point came when Germany moved clocks forward to conserve energy in the spring ...

On the last Sunday of March, the country moves to British Summer Time (BST). The clocks will go forward at the end of March as the UK moves to British Summer TimeCredit: Getty The change sees the ...

The UK and several other European countries followed suit a few weeks later, and daylight savings soon became standard practice, with the US joining in 1918. The concept of British Summer Time was ...

59% of Britons would opt for the country to stay permanently on BST. Alex Mayer, Labour MP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, has called for a “major overhaul of time” and a conversation ...

noted BST was established during the First World War in 1916, before she highlighted the “experiment” of double British Summer Time during the next global conflict. She told the House of ...

The UK and several other European countries followed a few weeks later, and daylight savings soon became the norm, with the US joining in 1918. The concept of British Summer Time was first ...

Here is everything you need to know about why and when the clocks go forward, as well as the impact on your body.