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Look out for our morning briefing on weekdays with all the essentials of our town.

We hope you have a great day today, on Tuesday 26 October.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, about the history of the Brentford Towers going back to the battle of Brentford and their strong link with the Water and Steam museum which is still going today.

Today's weather: Highs of 16 degrees and lows of 14 degrees, just cloudy all day according to the met office, with wind gusts between 16 – 24 mph.

Traffic:

Delays of six minutes and delays increasing on M4 Eastbound between M4 (Heston Services) and J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford). Average speed 15 mph.

Delays of five minutes and delays increasing on A406 North Circular Westbound between Beaufort Road and Gunnersbury Avenue. Average speed ten mph.

Todays Sunrise: 7:44 am

Todays Sunset: 5:45 pm

Todays Moonrise: 10:35 pm

Todays Moonset: 10:08 am

Brentford Lock High Tide: 6:21 am and 6:44 pm

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 2:04 am and 2:31 pm

Pollution: Low

UV: Low

Supermarket opening times Brentford: 

Morrisons: 7am – 11pm

Costcutter (High Street): 7am – 10:30pm

Al Shaam Market: 7am – 9pm

Co-op (Boston Manor Road): 7am – 10pm

Don't miss: Football match report, reflecting on the Brentford versus Leicester City match on Sunday which saw an unfortunate defeat for the Bees, but all is not lost.

Brentford residents' association, Brentford Voice are inviting residents to their first AGM this Thursday with a 'Local Conversation', to share local thoughts and concerns about the area.

Joke of the Day: Why don't scientists trust atoms?

A: Because they make up everything.

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