Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Wednesday, December 8

Clapham Breakfast Briefing is a daily column dedicated to morning 'must-knows' from around town and other useful tid bits: weather, traffic, travel and trivia news in a nutshell.

Top Story

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Clapham weather forecast

A clear start in Clapham with some bright spells of sunshine. Cloud and showers soon moving southeast across the region, these merging into longer spells of rain. Strong winds may ease a little. Feeling rather cold, with a maximum temperature of 7 °C.

Pollution: Low

UV: Low Sunrise in Clapham today: 07:52

Sunset in Clapham today: 15:52

Clapham Traffic

Temporary traffic signals due to construction on Clapham Common (A205) at Grandison Road. Road closed due to water main work on Grayshott Road both ways from Eversleigh Road to Ashbury Road.

Clapham Junction

09:01 to Ore – 13 minutes late

09:31 to London Victoria – Cancelled

09:39 to Milton Keynes Central – 7 minutes late

The Northern Line

There is a good service currently operating on the Northern line.

Clapham Job Opportunities

Check out the latest vacancies for jobs around Clapham.

What's Happening in Clapham

Over in our What's On section, find theatre, comedy, live music and festive events coming up in Clapham.

Poem of the Day

"The Wind" by Robert Louis Stevenson

I saw you toss the kites on high

And blow the birds about the sky;

And all around I heard you pass,

Like ladies' skirts across the grass—

O wind, a-blowing all day long,

O wind, that sings so loud a song

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