News in Clapham

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Today is international coffee day and after really al dente penne, small dogs and Roald Dahl, there is more or less nothing in this world we appreciate so much as coffee.

To be specific – a thing on the subject of coffee it's important for one to always be – it is the oat milk flat white coffees which talented baristas at independent local cafés around Clapham grind, steam and pour to perfection that we appreciate above (more or less) all else on earth.

Clapham Breakfast Briefing: Friday, October 1

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.

The panic buying that threw fuel on the fire at petrol stations last week showed signs of having largely dissipated in Clapham today, with only a small queue for the Nightingale Lane petrol station at 5:20pm and no queue for the BP Londis petrol station on Clapham Common North Side at 5:50pm.

In Clapham South, the Sainsbury's petrol queue has been causing solid traffic on Nightingale Lane with the single lane road gridlocked from the petrol station to the tube station for much of Tuesday (September 28).

No Boring Beer has opened on Lavender Hill, but still has plenty more it's brewing in store for Clapham in the coming weeks.

If you're struggling to keep on top of all the shop closings and new openings around Clapham, let the struggle cease here. From the Pets at Home in Clapham South to the family run grocery store on Landor Road, via the fourth Brickwood, now on Battersea Rise and Clapham Junction's new Korean restaurant, Yori, we've got you covered.

The former Met Police officer who kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard has been handed a whole life prison sentence.

On the second day of sentencing, Lord Justice Fulford described the murder of the 33-year-old woman as "grotesque" and the severity of the case so "exceptionally high" as to warrant a whole life order.

CEO of Clapham-based cleaning company Cleanology, Dominic Ponniah, argues that the industry needs to value itself and shout about its achievements. Read what he has to say below.

Halting the cleaning industry's race to the bottom

New CCTV footage has caught brazen fly-tippers dump sofas and rubbish in South London's streets.

Wandsworth Council released a video of the fly-tippers on Tooting's Eardley Road and Battersea's Ashley Crescent.

Clapham Breakfast Briefing

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.

Editor's Note - Wednesday, September 29

As you will be only too aware, the process of sentencing Sarah Everard's murderer began today (Wednesday, September 29).