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Letters: France's confusing postcode system is the bane of our life
Connexion reader uses parcel drop-off points to receive and take parcel deliveries
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One dead after violent storm, mudslide and flooding in Savoie and Italy
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Red heatwave alerts extended until Wednesday with up to 41C forecast
Midnight temperatures in Paris were close to 30C
Time change
With the yearly debate about changing the clocks coming round again, a question I have asked for many years is: why, if it is done for daylight-saving, they change back in late October, two months before the shortest day, but don’t go forward until three months after (late March).
Can someone explain why?
Robert Rogers, by email
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