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We hope you have a great day today, on Tuesday 7 December, and a lovely ongoing week.

Click here for our top story from yesterday - the Brentford Christmas Celebration is coming! This weekend, Brentford will come together for a jam-packed festive series of events to get us in the seasonal spirit.

Today's weather: Highs of 8 degrees and lows of 5 degrees, rain in the afternoon from 12pm and a yellow wind warning has been issued with high winds expected to affect much of the UK, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 17 – 42 mph.

Met Office news: A deep area of low-pressure moving in from the Atlantic today, 7 December, has been named as Storm Barra by Met Éireann for the level of impacts expected for the Republic of Ireland.

Traffic: As of 7:50am, according to AA Traffic, delays of eight minutes on A406 North Circular Westbound in London.

Queueing traffic on M4 into town before J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford). At the lane drop, a mile before J2.

Delays of three minutes on A205 Kew Bridge Road Westbound between Kent Road and Kew Bridge Court. Average speed five mph.

Delays of five minutes and delays easing on M4 Eastbound between M4 (Heston Services) and J2 A4 Great West Road (Brentford). Average speed ten mph. Tfl update: London Overground: No service between Gunnersbury and Richmond while they fix a faulty train at Richmond. Minor delays between Stratford and Gunnersbury / Clapham Junction.

District Line: No service between Turnham Green and Richmond due to a faulty train at Kew Gardens. London Buses and South Western Railway accepting tickets.

Today's Sunrise: 7:52 am

Today's Sunset: 3:53 pm

Today's Moonrise: 9:01 am

Today's Moonset: 9:30 pm Brentford Lock High Tide: 4:22 am and 4:45 pm

Brentford Lock Low Tide: 12:27 am and 12:58 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: Brentford FC manager, Thomas Frank about the football teams pre-Christmas strategy ahead of a heavy run of fixtures. Joke of the Day: I have a fear of speed bumps. A. But I am slowly getting over it.

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