British Summer Time ended at 2am on the last Sunday in October.

In the UK at present, clocks follow Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) from October to March and British Summer Time (BST) which is GMT plus one hour from March to October.

The M25 motorway, which is often jokingly referred to as "the world's biggest car park", has turned 25.

Anyone who regularly uses the M25 for commuting knows that you can never be sure what time you will reach your destination.   In some parts, the rush hour crawls seem to last all day.

Unnecessary Whitehall bureaucracy will be tackled and costs for councils reduced following the biggest review into Britain's traffic signing system for 40 years.  Transport Minister Norman Baker hopes that the review will dramatically reduce the number of signs councils need to use by relaxing rules - such as by removing the requirement for some signs - including those to indicate the start of a pedestrian zone, to be placed on both sides of the road.

The plan isn’t new. The coalition government is looking at easing congestion by opening the hard shoulder on some motorways when they get congested.  Using new speed cameras and magnetic devices that measure the amount of cars and their speeds, any changes in traffic flow would be recognised and the hard shoulder could be opened or closed.  The scheme is being considered for these motorways: