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We hope you have a great day today, on Tuesday 12 October.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, as campaigners fight to protect the Park Road Allotments from development, ahead of a key planning meeting this Thursday which will determine their fate.

Today's weather: Highs of 15 degrees and lows of 7 degrees, sunny intervals changing to cloudy by lunchtime, with wind gusts between 16 – 9 mph.

Todays Sunrise: 7:19 am

Todays Sunset: 6:15 pm

Todays Moonrise: 11:24 am

Todays Moonset: 11:53 pm

Brentford Lock High Tide: 7:15 am and 7:38 pm

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 3:02 am and 3:33 pm

Pollution: Low

UV: Low

Traffic:

According to AA, there is queueing traffic on M4 Eastbound from J3 A312 The Parkway (Hayes / Heston) to J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford).

Further severe delays of 16 minutes and delays increasing on M4 Eastbound between M4 (Heston Services) and J1 A205 (Chiswick Roundabout). Average speed 15 mph.

Also, delays of seven minutes and delays increasing on Hayes By Pass Southbound between A312 The Parkway (Ossie Garvin Roundabout) and M4 (Hayes / Heston). Average speed ten mph.

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: Did you know today is National Face Your Fears Day? Yes, it is. A day celebrated since 2007 on the second Tuesday of October.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines fear as "an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain or harm". This day offers of an opportunity to step out and overcome things that are holding you back, anything from going on a bracing outdoor run to asking someone you like on a date, is there something you could do today or this week to overcome a fear?

Joke of the Day: Q: If you give an alligator a GPS,

A. Does that make it a navigator?

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