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We hope you have a great today, on Friday 26 November, and a lovely weekend ahead.

Click here for our top story from the yesterday, as Michael Gove the Secretary of State has called-in the Syon Lane Homebase and Tesco development proposals and asked for a public enquiry to consider the planning applications.

Today's weather: Highs of 8 degrees and lows of 1 degrees, heavy rain changing to clear by night time, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 28 – 25 mph.

Weekend outlook: A cold weekend ahead with highs of five degrees on Saturday and Sunday. Light rain on Saturday and high winds of 40mph – a wintry mix as Storm Arwen sweeps across the country.

Traffic: As of 8:30am according to AA Traffic, queueing traffic on M4 into town between J3 / A312 (Hayes / Heston) and J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford). Where three lanes drop to two, a mile before J2.

Delays of four minutes on A406 North Circular Westbound in London. Average speed five mph.

Severe delays of 13 minutes on M4 Eastbound between M4 (Heston Services) and J1 A205 (Chiswick Roundabout). Average speed 15 mph.

Severe delays of 13 minutes on M4 Eastbound between M4 (Heston Services) and J1 A205 (Chiswick Roundabout). Average speed 15 mph. Today's Sunrise: 7:37 am

Today's Sunset: 4:00 pm

Today's Moonrise: 11:47 pm

Today's Moonset: 11:23 am

Brentford Lock High Tide: 6:07 am and 6:42 pm

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 1:37 pm and 2:11 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 the Brentford FC football match, the Hounslow Art Centre Pantomime and free trees for collection in Hounslow.

Joke of the Day: Why are ghosts such bad liars?

A. Because they are easy to see through.

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