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We hope you have a great day today, on Monday 13 December. And a lovely week ahead.

Click here for our top story from the weekend, about the revival of the Christmas tree tradition along the Great West Road, which was a seasonal highlight for many locals throughout the 20th century.

Today's weather: Highs of 12 degrees and lows of 9 degrees, just overcast all day, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 21 – 18 mph.

Traffic: As of 8:40am according to AA Traffic, delays of four minutes on A406 North Circular Westbound in London.

Slow traffic on A40 into town between A4127 (Greenford Flyover) and A4000 Wales Farm Road (Gypsy Corner).

Today's Sunrise: 7:58 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: Performances at The Questors theatre this Christmas. The Questors has something for everyone in the lead up to Christmas with the Ealing Panto and an enchanted show of Dear Brutus, from the writer of Peter Pan. Joke of the Day: Why did the math textbook visit the guidance counsellor? A. It needed help figuring out its problems.

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