Clapham Breakfast Briefing: how to get your hands on the new McPlant vegan burger

By Isabel Millett 21st Oct 2021

Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Thursday, October 21

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

The vegan McDonald's burger is finally available in Clapham. The McPlant has been three years in the making, and branches on Clapham High Street and St John's Road have joined a list of London McDonald's offering the burger before its nationwide launch in January.

Sunrise in Clapham today: 07:34

Sunset in Clapham today: 17:56

Clapham weather forecast

It should be mostly sunny in Clapham today but will start to feel colder than days gone by. Highs of 13 degrees and lows of 5.

BBC Weather says: "Today will see any rain and cloud clear to the east early on. It will then be dry and fine with plenty of sunshine for most. It will be a cooler day with a strong northwesterly wind."

Pollution | Low

UV | Low

Clapham Traffic

Delays of five minutes on Poynders Road Westbound in Clapham, average speed ten mph.

Clapham Junction

There is a good, timely service operating through Clapham Junction.

Clapham Junction has begun six months of lift upgrades.

As a result there will be 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.

For onwards travel, please note minor delays between Moor Park and Amersham / Chesham on the Metropolitan 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

Our top event pick of the week is the first Paint and Sip evening at Common Café.

Grab a friend and enjoy a glass of prosecco or wine while letting your creative juices flow.

Fact of the day

People are statistically less likely to achieve a goal when they tell lots of people about it, according to research published in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology.

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