Weather

If you have managed to avoid the rain so far today, excellent work. If you plan on continuing to do so, stay inside. The heavens are due to open at 6pm, with a steady drizzle falling through to the early hours. Temperatures should stay mild at 8 or 9°C.

Tube

There is a good service running on all lines.

Traffic

One lane has been blocked by a stalled car on the A12 Eastbound between Eastway and A114 Whipps Cross Road. Police closed the road to attend to the broken down car, causing traffic to slow.

Delays of three minutes are being experienced on Lea Bridge Road Northbound in Leyton, with traffic dipping down to an average speed of five mph.

Traffic on the A12 Eastern Avenue going East between A114 Whipps Cross Road and North Circular Road has slowed down, with vehicles running at about 15mph.

Delays of six minutes have hit Walthamstow Avenue Eastbound in Highams Park. Average speeds also 15 mph.

The M25 Clockwise around Theydon Mount has slowed right down to 25 mph.