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We hope you have a great today, on Thursday 25 November, and a lovely ongoing week.

Click here for our top story from the yesterday, as festive community events start across the borough such as the Feltham Winter Lantern parade, and how local organisers can get funding still for putting on an event.

Today's weather: Highs of 7 degrees and lows of 1 degrees, sunny changing to cloudy in the afternoon, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 18 – 13 mph.

Traffic: As of 8am according to AA Traffic, Delays of five minutes and delays easing on A406 North Circular Westbound between Hanger Lane and Gunnersbury Drive. Average speed ten mph.

Queueing traffic on A205 South Circular both ways at A316 Lower Richmond Road (Chalker's Corner). Congestion to Upper Richmond Road eastbound as well.

Delays of six minutes and delays easing on A312 The Parkway Southbound between A4020 Uxbridge Road (Ossie Garvin Roundabout) and M4 J3 (Hayes / Heston). Average speed ten mph

Today's Sunrise: 7:35 am

Today's Sunset: 4:01 pm

Today's Moonrise: 11:00 pm

Today's Moonset: 10:34 am

Brentford Lock High Tide: 5:31 am and 6:00 pm

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 1:06 pm and 1:38 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: What's On in and around Brentford this weekend, from the last chance to catch a magical light displays at Syon House, to a big Brentford FC football match, to the Hounslow Art Centre Pantomime Peter Pan which starts tonight!

Today is Thanksgiving Day, celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November.

Joke of the Day: Why was six afraid of seven?

A. Because seven ate nine.

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