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We hope you have a great day today, on Thursday 23 December, the day before Christmas Eve...

Click here for our top story from yesterday, confirmation that a techno music festival won't be held in Horsenden West meadows in north Ealing, as the council look for an appropriate location for the two-day summer event.

Today's weather: Highs of 10 degrees and lows of 8 degrees, just overcast all day, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 14 – 22 mph.

Christmas weather forecast in UK: 'After a fine and dry start for many across the UK on Wednesday, increasing cloud and then rain will move in from the southwest, heralding a more unsettled spell of weather that will continue through the Christmas period.' - Met Office.

Today's Sunrise: 8:05 am

Today's Sunset: 3:55 pm

Pollution: Low

UV: Low Traffic: As of 8:30 am according to AA Traffic, slow traffic on A406 North Circular both ways between A40 (Hanger Lane Gyratory System) and Queens Drive (North Ealing Station). In the construction area. Temporary lights for water main repairs. 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: Covid-19 cases experienced a 100 per cent weekly increase in the borough of Ealing, according to the latest government data.

Ealing Broadway opening hours this Christmas, for the last-minute shoppers.

Check the changes to rubbish and recycling collections over the Christmas period and you can look ahead at how to recycle your Christmas tree.

Also, did you hear about the TV stars who visited a fridge near Ealing last month?

(Christmas) Joke of the Day: What happens when you eat Christmas decorations?

A. You get tinsilitis.

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