The clocks have gone back, and darker evenings bring new risks for schools, care homes and commercial sites. Here are five practical facilities checks to make this week: lighting timers, PIR sensors, entrance signage, matting and emergency lighting.

A solar eclipse, 64 years and a reminder that we're only custodians for a while. Today, members of the Vital team had the opportunity to watch the partial solar eclipse from Carnewas on the north Cornwall coast. It was an incredible sight. But while watching the Moon slowly move across the Sun, something else struck us. The last total solar eclipse visible from mainland Britain was 27 years ago. The next will be in 2090 - 64 years from now. And that raises an interesting ques