Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Friday weather, travel and traffic report

Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Friday, October 22

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

A man in his twenties has died following a fatal shooting in Brixton yesterday morning.

Sunrise in Clapham today: 07:36

Sunset in Clapham today: 17:53

Clapham weather forecast

A largely dry and bright day, after a chilly start in some rural spots. However, there is the chance of a few light showers developing in the afternoon.

BBC Weather says: "Today will be rather cloudy, however a few brighter intervals will develop in places. Through the day, a few showers will drift in from the west, these becoming less frequent towards the evening."

Pollution | Low

UV | Low

Clapham Traffic

Traffic is slow around the Common, particularly on The Avenue (both directions) and Clapham Common North Side (both directions).

Signs to highlight the impending expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to Clapham next week have emerged around town.

Four out of five cars already meet these standards, but owners of the remaining older cars, motorcycles, lighter vans and minibuses have been advised to take action and check the new rules.

Clapham Junction

There is a good, timely service operating through Clapham Junction on most train routes.

Clapham Junction began six months of lift upgrades on Monday. As a result there is no step-free access at Platforms 1 and 2 until Friday, October 29.

The Northern Line

The Northern Line continues its undisrupted streak of good service.

Unusually for the Victoria Line there are minor delays due to train cancellations.

Less rare is the severe delays on the Metropolitan line, today between Moor Park and Chesham. There are minor delays on the rest of the line due to train cancellations.

Catch up on Clapham

Local residents oppose a new bar on Battersea Rise where existing venues already mean they encounter "vomit, urine and even human faeces" on an almost daily basis.

What's Happening in Clapham

Painting, theatre and live music are just a handful of things on in Clapham this weekend

Fact of the day

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

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