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We hope you have a good day, on Friday 29 October, and a great weekend ahead.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, about What's On around Ealing, with something for everyday of the weekend – from art to a spooky Halloween walk to a vintage and artisan market, there's an eclectic mix of things to get up to.

Today's weather: Highs of 15 degrees and lows of 11 degrees, heavy rain changing to cloudy by late morning, according to the met office, with wind gusts between 40 – 19 mph.

Traffic: AA traffic issued a heavy rain warning on the A406 North Circular both ways between Southend Road and Abbey Parade.

Traffic signal failure on A40 Western Avenue at A4000 Horn Lane (Gypsy Corner). Approach with care. The crossover is closed for safety, so Horn Lane traffic has to turn onto the A40.

Todays Sunrise: 7:49 am

Todays Sunset: 5:40 pm

Pollution: Low

UV: Low

Supermarket opening times Ealing Broadway: 

Morrisons: 7am – 10pm

Sainsbury's Local: 7am – 11pm

Tesco express: 6am – 10pm

Planet Organic: 8am – 9pm

Co-op (Uxbridge Road): 7am – 9pm

Don't miss: The winner of the Ealing Civic Society awards, which were announced on Tuesday, with the Grade II listed Station in Hanwell bagging a win and a commended place for another Grade II listed convent building, turned Ealing Fields High School.

Final reminder to change your alarm on Sunday! As the clocks are set to go back by one hour at 2am, giving us lighter evenings going into the Winter.

Joke of the Day: What's the best thing about Switzerland?

A. I don't know, but the flag is a big plus.

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