Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Wednesday, October 27

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

Celebrate the 10 year anniversary of local Clapham restaurant Bistro Union with dinner cooked and hosted by Michelin Star chef Adam Byatt.

Adam opened Bistro Union on Abbeville Road following the success of his first owned restaurant Trinity in Clapham Old Town.

Sunrise in Clapham today: 07:44

Sunset in Clapham today: 17:43

Do you know when the clocks change?

Clapham weather forecast

Today is expected to be mostly dry, cloudy and breezy in Clapham. Come the afternoon, there may be a few holes in the cloud, revealing some spells of sunshine. A mild day. Moderate south-westerly winds.

Pollution | Low

UV | Low

Clapham Traffic

There is slow moving traffic on Battersea Rise (westbound) and Clapham Common North Side (westbound).

The Ultra Low Emission Zone expanded to parts of Clapham on Monday.

The Mayor of London's ULEZ now includes some eastern parts of Clapham into the scheme, including Clapham North, Clapham High Street, Clapham Common, Lavender Hill and Abbeville Village.

Clapham Junction

There is a good, timely service currently operating through Clapham Junction. Please note:

09:43 to London Waterloo - will no longer stop at Clapham Junction or Vauxhall having been delayed by a fault on an earlier train.

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.

Elsewhere on the London Overground there is no service between Euston and Kilburn High road due to emergency engineering work.

The Northern Line

There is a good service operating on the Northern line.

There are minor delays on the Metropolitan line between Moor Park and Amersham due to train cancellations, and minor delays on the District line between Turnham Green And Ealing Broadway while a track fault at Acton Town is fixed.

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

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

Fact of the day

A single strand of spaghetti is called a "Spaghetto"

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