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We hope you have a great day today, on Friday 28 January, and a lovely weekend ahead.

Click here for our top story from yesterday, as work gets started on a new cycle lane down the Uxbridge Road, from Hanwell to Southall.

Today's weather: Highs of 9 degrees and lows of 7 degrees, partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning, according to the Met Office, with wind gusts between 6 – 24 mph.

Today's Sunrise: 7:46 am

Today's Sunset: 4:43 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: What's On in Ealing this weekend! From theatre, community discussions, bird walks and art lectures – find out what's happening around town.

Did you see the swan that got stranded on the tracks at South Acton station earlier this week?

Do you know about the changes to the Highway Code which will come into effect this weekend?

New play coming to The Questors theatre directed by the actor who played Freddie Mercury's mum in Oscar winning film Bohemian Rhapsody.

Joke of the Day: A Barry Cryer one-liner - "Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies." In memory of comedian Barry Cryer, who died yesterday, aged 86.

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