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We hope you have a great day today, on Wednesday 8 December.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, about the eleven-year-old boy Sam who cut his lockdown hair for charity, helping raise over £2,000 for local food banks.

Today's weather: Highs of 7 degrees and lows of 4 degrees, clear changing to cloudy by lunchtime, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 25 – 31 mph.

Met Office news: A deep area of low-pressure moving in from the Atlantic on Tuesday, 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 8am, according to AA Traffic, delays of three minutes and delays easing on A406 North Circular Northbound in London. Average speed ten mph.

One lane closed due to water main work on A4020 Uxbridge Road both ways at Park Avenue.

Tfl update: Piccadilly Line: No service between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge due to difficult track conditions caused by significant leaf fall. Please use the Metropolitan Line instead. Minor delays between Acton Town and Rayners Lane.

Today's Sunrise: 7:53 am

UV: Low

Supermarket opening times Ealing Broadway: 

Sainsbury's Local: 7am – 11pm

Planet Organic: 8am – 9pm

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