Welcome to our Ealing Breakfast Briefing!

Look out for our morning briefing on weekdays with all the essentials of our town.

We hope you have had a good week and that you enjoy this Friday the 1st as October creeps in..

Did you know, the first Friday of October (today!) is World Smile Day? A day devoted to smiles and spreading random acts of kindness. :)

Click here for the top story from yesterday, about the south Acton children's centre forced to close its doors earlier in the month due to extreme flooding.

Today's weather: Highs of 17 degrees, lows of 9 degrees, heavy rain changing to cloudy by lunchtime, wind gusts of 15 – 6 mph.

Todays Sunrise: 7:01 am

Todays Sunset: 6:40 pm

Pollution: Low

UV: Medium

Supermarket opening times Ealing Broadway: 

Morrisons: 7am – 10pm

Sainsbury's Local: 7am – 11pm

Tesco express: 6am – 10pm

Planet Organic: 8am – 9pm

Don't miss: Today Ealing Council are launching a half-year discount on garden waste collection, lasting until the end of January.

It is £60.90 for a six-month subscription for residents joining between 1 October and 31 January, and £48.40 for those over 65 or in receipt of means tested benefits.

Also our Property of the Week is out, featuring loft conversion and 'wow factor' room.

Joke of the day: Baking has a lot of rules.

There are a lot of doughs and donuts.

Looking for a business or community group in Ealing? Check out our local listings page .

Also, do you have a photo of Ealing you would like us to feature for our Breakfast Briefing? Email it over with who to credit and where the picture was taken, to [email protected]

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