winter

There will be no winter break in this campaign either - meaning clubs will be playing pretty much solidly until the first World Cup qualifiers - and next Nations League games - take place in March.

Open systems are simpler but present a challenge during the winter.

But whatever happens, it is going to be a very tough winter if my afternoon in that Hampshire call centre is anything to go by.

A cabinet minister has said restricting winter fuel payments does not "sit easily" with him, after estimates it would increase poverty among pensioners.

The government has also announced that it will start means-testing winter fuel payments, halting them for 10 million pensioners in England and Wales.