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| Plan to bring UK clocks forward | Plan to bring UK clocks forward |
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| Longer evenings could move a step closer with a government plan to move UK clocks forward an extra hour. | Longer evenings could move a step closer with a government plan to move UK clocks forward an extra hour. |
| A "tourism strategy" will include a plan to move the clocks in line with most of Europe, bringing lighter evenings but darker mornings. | A "tourism strategy" will include a plan to move the clocks in line with most of Europe, bringing lighter evenings but darker mornings. |
| Tourism chiefs and safety campaigners support the move, but there are fears in Scotland about road accidents. | Tourism chiefs and safety campaigners support the move, but there are fears in Scotland about road accidents. |
| Ministers want to be satisfied the country backs the plan before giving the go-ahead, the BBC understands. | Ministers want to be satisfied the country backs the plan before giving the go-ahead, the BBC understands. |
| Last year, Prime Minister David Cameron indicated he was willing to consider a switch. | Last year, Prime Minister David Cameron indicated he was willing to consider a switch. |
| "The argument will be won when people across the country feel comfortable with the change," he said in August. | "The argument will be won when people across the country feel comfortable with the change," he said in August. |
| "It's up to those who want to make the change to make the argument to try to convince people right across the country that it's a good thing. | "It's up to those who want to make the change to make the argument to try to convince people right across the country that it's a good thing. |
| "People who like taking part in sporting activity and would like longer days are already quite easy to sway. That's the key to winning this argument." | "People who like taking part in sporting activity and would like longer days are already quite easy to sway. That's the key to winning this argument." |
| The proposals will be published by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in the coming week, the BBC has been told. | The proposals will be published by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport in the coming week, the BBC has been told. |
| Three-year trial | Three-year trial |
| Bringing the clocks forward by one hour would bring the UK into line with Central European Time (CET), which is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus one hour. | |
| It would mean, for instance, that instead of the sun rising in Newcastle-upon-Tyne at 0714 and setting at 1723, as it does at this time of year, it would rise at 0814 and set at 1623. | |
| Tourism bosses say the number of overseas visitors would increase if summer evenings were lighter and they estimate the benefits to the economy could total billions of pounds. | Tourism bosses say the number of overseas visitors would increase if summer evenings were lighter and they estimate the benefits to the economy could total billions of pounds. |
| But there have been fears expressed in Scotland that putting the clocks forward would increase road accidents in the darker mornings. | But there have been fears expressed in Scotland that putting the clocks forward would increase road accidents in the darker mornings. |
| A parliamentary bill requiring the government to conduct analysis of the costs and benefits of shifting the clocks forward received MPs' initial approval in December. | A parliamentary bill requiring the government to conduct analysis of the costs and benefits of shifting the clocks forward received MPs' initial approval in December. |
| A three-year experiment to keep BST all year took place between 1968 and 1971, but was not made permanent. | A three-year experiment to keep BST all year took place between 1968 and 1971, but was not made permanent. |