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We hope you have a great day this Christmas Eve, on Friday the 24th of December! And a wonderful long festive weekend.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, the open letter from Hounslow's Director of Public Health about celebrating safely in the borough this festive season.

Today's weather: Highs of 10 degrees and lows of 7 degrees, cloudy changing to mist by late morning then rain by the afternoon, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 7 – 13 mph.

Christmas weekend weather forecast in Brentford: Christmas Day is expected to see highs of 8 degrees, lows of 6, overcast changing to light rain by late morning. Similar outlook for Boxing Day, with predicted highs of 10 degrees and a lower chance of rain.

Traffic: As of 8 am according to AA Traffic, temporary traffic signals due to electricity work on A205 Mortlake Road (South Circular) at Ruskin Avenue (National Archives). Expect delays. Near Kew Retail Park.

Today's Sunrise: 8:05 am

Today's Sunset: 3:55 pm

Today's Moonrise: 10:30 pm

Today's Moonset: 10:06 am Brentford Lock High Tide: 5:23 am and 5:48 pm

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 5:23 am and 1:40 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: Latest Covid-19 cases in the borough of Hounslow, according to government data. Make sure you are aware of the changes to rubbish and recycling collections over the Christmas period and we look ahead at how to recycle your Christmas tree. Hounslow Community Foodbox are in urgent need of volunteer drivers. They have also issued a list of the items they need this Christmas for donations.

(Christmas) Joke of the Day: Why was the snowman embarrassed when he was spotted rummaging through a bag of carrots?

A. He was caught picking his nose.

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