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We hope you have a great day, on Wednesday 20 October

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Today's weather: Highs of 18 degrees and lows of 6 degrees, heavy showers changing to sunny intervals by late morning, with wind gusts between 11 – 25 mph.

Flood warnings in force for England.

Traffic: According to AA traffic, delays of eight minutes and delays increasing on M4 Eastbound between M4 (Heston Services) and J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford). Average speed 15 mph.

Todays Sunrise: 7:33 am

Todays Sunset: 5:58 pm

Todays Moonrise: 5:13 pm

Todays Moonset: 4:50 am

Brentford Lock High Tide: 3:24 am and 3:38 am

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 11:44 am

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 Ultra Low Emission Zone is expanding to the edge of east Brentford from next Monday, as the existing ULEZ will grow to create a single larger zone up to, but not including, the North Circular Road (A406) and South Circular Road (A205).

Covid-19 statistic update for Hounslow and Brentford in the past week, when the Borough saw a 16 per cent increase in cases.

Joke of the Day: Tim Vine one-liner - "I saw this advert in a window that said: 'Television for sale, £1, volume stuck on full.' I thought, 'I can't turn that down.'"

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