With coronavirus cases spiralling across London and the capital placed in Tier 4 restrictions, the Met Police are urging people to celebrate the New Year safe and at home.

The Mayor of London and council leaders have said they were not consulted on the Government’s decision to reopen some primary schools in the capital from next week.

Political leaders in Haringey have slammed the Government’s decision to allow the borough’s primary schools to reopen despite high Covid-19 infection rates.

Several Metropolitan police officers have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for their achievements and services to policing.

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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is set to deliver a statement to the Commons about the return to schools.

Many areas in parts of Hertfordshire, London and Essex will be told to keep primary schools shut.

Enfield will star in the first episode of the 2021 series of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow.

An opposition group has slammed a “fiasco” that left its members unable to vote on a controversial planning application.

There will be reduced services on the Tube, rail and buses on New Year’s Eve as Transport for London reminds people to stay at home.

Londoners are being urged not to call ambulances unless it is an emergency as the London Ambulance Service struggles to cope with Covid-19.

Public Health England has issued a warning as Covid infection rates in London and Essex are now "some of the highest" in England.

The Government is coming under increasing pressure to reverse its decision to reopen schools in January as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.

A plan to build flats on Tube station car parks has been recommended for approval again, despite extra objections from an MP, councillors and residents’ groups.

Horrifying footage shows an armed police officer clinging onto a car for dear life after it smashed into him.

A drug dealer who was stopped with £3 million worth of cocaine in the boot of his car despite having a magnet-controlled secret compartment under his seat has been jailed.

A yellow weather warning has been issued with a chance of snow and ice from tomorrow morning.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said that the UK’s Brexit deal “falls short of what’s best for London” as the capital’s business leaders and politicians grapple with the details of the deal.

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Every single area of Enfield and Haringey recorded multiple cases of Covid in the run-up to Christmas as the new strain of coronavirus spread across the capital.

As lockdown restrictions began to slowly ease, ‘Black Lives Matter’ became the topic of conversation in June after the death of George Floyd in the US and hundreds of years of police brutality and racism.

As we continue our look-back over 2020, May continued to bring tragic news as the pandemic continued.

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NHS workers across the country were facing extreme pressures in April as the pandemic continued, and there concerns for safety.

Unfortunately March was a dreaded month in 2020, this month marked the start of lockdown and hospitals were sharply overwhelmed.

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History will look back to 2020 as the year of the coronavirus pandemic, and it can sometimes be hard to remember there was a period this year where Covid-19 seemed like a distant virus.

In what has been quite an eventful and very different year, it may be hard to recall some of the biggest and most interesting north London stories this year.

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The Queen made her first Christmas Day speech in 1952 following the death of her father, King George VI.

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Plans for up to 75 new Covid-19 test centres in London will go ahead despite concerns about the accuracy of rapid lateral flow tests.

Storm Bella is due to lash London, Hertfordshire and Essex on Boxing Day with strong winds.

Temporary emergency measures are being introduced to protect London’s homeless as temperatures are expected to drop below freezing overnight.

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Boris Johnson announced London and the South East will move to Tier 4 tomorrow Sunday 20, just days after Matt Hancock announced the region was moving to Tier 3 along with other large areas of England.

London’s poorest pupils are being “left behind” by the Government’s Coronavirus Catch-Up Premium, with schools in poorer areas receiving less money than those in wealthier areas.

A lawyer has been jailed after talking to a prisoner facing gun charges on smuggled mobile phones.

Data from London Assembly has revealed higher rates of Covid-19 deaths in more ethnically diverse areas, with higher levels of deprivation and poorer ratings of GP satisfaction.

Body cam footage shows police breaking up an illegal house party, a day after Tier 4 restrictions were announced for London.

More than £1.5 million has been raised for small and independent businesses in London that have struggled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A dangerous driver has been jailed for 11 years and nine months for mowing down an armed police officer in his Mercedes.

Those under tier 4 restrictions are advised to stay at home unless they have a “reasonable excuse” to leave their home.

Londoners have been urged not to travel during Tier 4 restrictions following scenes of overcrowding at St Pancras station over the weekend.

Sadiq Khan has blamed Government failures for London’s move into Tier 4 restrictions as the capital faces its “toughest Christmas since the war”.

Transport for London has begun work exploring the feasibility of extending the Docklands Light Railway to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead.

The Met Office is warning of heavy rain in the run-up to Christmas.

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