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Evening Standard
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Martha Alexander

8 ways to make getting up in the (cold, dark) mornings more bearable

Mmm, just five more minutes...

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This morning, we woke to darkness, cold, and the news that Bear Grylls has named his alarm clock ‘Opportunity’ to remove any negative associations he might have about the object whose job it is to break his slumber.

Winter in the UK can be a tough old slog and most people, even ‘morning’ people – the type who might go swimming in the wild or tackle their inboxes at 5am – admit to finding the simple task of getting out of bed a struggle.

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