Clocks go back for winter

The changes will mean darker evenings

Clocks in Britain and throughout most of Europe have gone back marking the official end of summer time.

The clocks went back one hour at 0200 BST on Sunday morning, meaning darker evenings but a lighter start in the morning.

The American inventor and politician, Benjamin Franklin, first came up with the idea of daylight saving time in 1784.

He realised people were wasting daylight hours on summer mornings by lying in bed and that if clocks were put forward then there would be more light in the evenings when people would be around to enjoy it.

Protests continue to the present day about whether or not clocks in Britain should keep time with the rest of Europe.

Darker evenings caused by the clocks being turned back have been singled out as the biggest factor in the rise in vehicle accidents seen every November.