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We hope you have a great day today, on Thursday 9 December.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, as Ealing's Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery has appointed a new Chair with a star-studded past career in the British music business.

Today's weather: Highs of 7 degrees and lows of 4 degrees, sunny intervals changing to light rain in the afternoon, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 15 – 24 mph.

Today's Sunrise: 7:54 am

Today's Sunset: 3:52 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: Boris Johnson has implemented plan B measures in a bid to limit the spread of the omicron variant. Find out what this means, here. Today is National Pastry Day and Christmas Card Day! Christmas Card Day serves as a reminder to get your stamps, envelopes and cards together and start sharing your holiday cheer. Pastry Day is a day to celebrate – pastry! Arguably one of the nation's favourite baked goods. If you're looking for some pastries in Ealing why not check out these bakeries in the area:

Pitshanger Village Bakery – Pitshanger Lane and Greenford Ave, open 8am – 2pm

Pan's Bake Shop – Greenford Ave, open 8am – 7pm

Tetote Factory – S Ealing Road, open 11am – 3pm

The Bakery W7 – Drayton Bridge Road, available for orders It's also National Llama Day in the USA, for your information. Joke of the Day: What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A. A stick.

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