When to switch your clocks back as British Summer Time comes to an end

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Image caption, Smartphones will often change automatically but analogue watches and clocks will need to be manually changed

By Courtney Sargent

BBC Weather

British Summer Time (BST), also known as Daylight Saving Time (DST), will come to an end this week as the clocks go back an hour.

The change happens on Sunday 25 October at 02:00 BST meaning you may get an extra hour in bed.

Sunset will move forward an hour as well and initially you may notice the sun coming up earlier too.

The clocks don't go forward again until on Sunday 28 March 2027.

What is Daylight Saving Time?

Changes to the clocks have been taking place for more than a century.

The first country to make use of DST was Germany in 1916.

It was intended to save fuel consumption during World War One.…