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We hope you have a great day today, on Thursday 16 December.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, congratulations to the Ealing school rugby 1st who came third place in a national competition out of over 100 teams!

Today's weather: Highs of 11 degrees and lows of 8 degrees, just cloudy all day again, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 8 – 3 mph.

Met Office news: Over the last 60 years the average temperature of the UK has increased by 0.8°C, rainfall by 7.3%, and sunshine by 5.6%, according to Met Office research.

Traffic: As of 9am according to AA Traffic, delays of four minutes and delays easing on A406 North Circular Westbound between Corringway and Tudor Way. Average speed ten mph.

Slow traffic on A40 into town between A4127 (Greenford Flyover) and A4000 Wales Farm Road (Gypsy Corner). Today's Sunrise: 8:00 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: Where to book a Covid-19 booster with walk-ins near Ealing and how to register.

Make sure you are aware of the changes to rubbish and recycling collections over the Christmas period and you can look ahead at how to recycle your Christmas tree.

Also, find out What's On in Ealing this weekend!

(Christmas) Joke of the Day: Who hides in the bakery at Christmas? A. A Mince Spy

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