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Here's what you need to know about when and why the clocks change, how the switch can impact your health, and why some scientists are calling for it to be scrapped altogether
Every year, clocks go back an hour at 2am on the last Sunday of October. This year, the clocks will go back on 26 October 2025. When the clocks change, so does the UK’s time zone; it switches from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time.