The clocks going back could wreck your sleep this week — here's why, and how to fix it

The clocks have just gone back in the UK, and if you've been struggling with increasingly darker mornings as we slide into autumn, you might be welcoming things being a bit brighter when you wake up.

I've been finding it a lot harder to get out of bed in the mornings over the past few weeks, but since the clocks went back on Sunday morning it's been much easier to bounce out of bed first thing than it was a week ago.

For many, though, the switch out of daylight savings can be a challenge, and even if the autumn change, with its extra hour in bed on that delicious first Sunday morning, can be much easier to deal with than losing an hour in the spring, it can still wreak havoc on your sleep if you're not careful.

Here's how the clocks going back can mess up your sleep — and what you can d