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We hope you have a great day today, on Monday 13 December. And a lovely week ahead.

Click here for our top story from the weekend, about the revival of the Christmas tree tradition along the Great West Road, which was a seasonal highlight for many locals throughout the 20th century.

Today's weather: Highs of 12 degrees and lows of 9 degrees, cloudy changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 21 – 18 mph.

Traffic: As of 9am according to AA Traffic, queueing traffic on M4 into town before J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford). A mile before J2.

Delays of three minutes and delays easing on M4 Eastbound between M4 (Heston Services) and J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford). Average speed 15 mph. Today's Sunrise: 7:58 am

Today's Sunset: 3:52 pm

Today's Moonrise: 1:53 am

Today's Moonset: 1:31 pm

Brentford Lock High Tide: 9:47 am and 10:26 pm

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 5:30 am and 6:16 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: The Christmas tree grand switch-on at the Firestone steps last Friday! Brentford Councillor Mel Collins had the honours, who's dad worked at the Firestone factory for 38 years.

Joke of the Day: Joke of the Day: Why did the math textbook visit the guidance counsellor?

A. It needed help figuring out its problems.

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