Why do we have British Summer Time?

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Liverpool Life

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It certainly doesn’t feel like summer but British Summer Time (BST) starts this weekend. Clocks move forward at 1am on Sunday morning, so watch out if you have travel plans. I spoke to Louise Devoy, Curator of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and asked her why we have British Summer Time? This report was produced for the March 28, 2014 edition of NBS Tonight, the National Broadcasting School's online news show.