Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Tuesday, October 19

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.

Sunrise in Clapham | 07:29

Sunset in Clapham | 18:02

Clapham weather forecast

If this morning makes it feel as if the sun will never show its face in Clapham again, fear not. This grey and breezy start to the day is not forecast from dawn to dusk. True, some brighter spells around lunchtime will give way to a drizzly evening. The best time to schedule a walk and some fresh air looks like late morning, which will also be the warmest point of the day with temperatures of 19/20 °C.

Pollution | Low

UV | Low

Clapham Traffic

Temporary traffic signals due to water main work on A3 Battersea Rise at B234 Spencer Park junction are causing congestion on the north-west end of Wandsworth Common.

Clapham Junction

Minor Delays between Stratford and Richmond / Clapham Junction due to an earlier points failure at Stratford.

No service between Watford Junction and Willesden Junction. There are SEVERE DELAYS between Willesden Junction and Euston while the emergency services deal with a casualty on the track.

Clapham Junction has begun night tube return for Clapham.

For onwards travel, please note there is no service on the Bakerloo line between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone while emergency services deal with a casualty on the track. London Underground tickets are being accepted on Thameslink and Buses via any reasonable route.

On the Metropolitan line, minor delays between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge and MINOR DELAYS between Moor Park and Amersham / Chesham / Watford 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.

Darwin and Wallace, which owns No. 32 in Clapham Old Town, has applied to change the use of 35-37 Battersea Rise but among the 28 objections, residents have raised fears including rubbish piling up, increased traffic, the impact on children's sleep and the risk posed to property values.

What's Happening in Clapham

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Fact of the day

Only 45% of the London Underground is actually in tunnels.