Primary schools in Covid-19 hotspots across England are to remain closed temporarily to help regain control of coronavirus, affecting hundreds of thousands of children across south London.

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

A junior doctor has warned that his London hospital is now "aggressively overstretched" by Covid-19 patients, and they could be forced to ration oxygen if the situation worsens.

An update has been given on what will happen over the return to school after Christmas for both primary and secondary school students.

Coronavirus infection rates remain extremely high and rising across the majority of the capital, according to the latest figures which are broken down below.

Healthcare staff have been describing the pressure felt on the front line.

Homicide, burglary, and requests for chicken nuggets – Met Contact Centre shares details on prank calls received in 2020.

Snow may be on its way to the capital later this week after the Met Office put a yellow snow and ice warning in place for London and large swathes of the country.

After a rollercoaster of a year, a glass (or flight) may be in order.

Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said the Government hopes the staggered reopening of schools in England will go ahead in January as planned.

The UK is unlikely to achieve herd immunity through a Covid-19 vaccination programme before the summer, a scientist advising the Government has said.

A look back at some of the most memorable bits of 2020.

A WEATHER warning for snow and ice has been issued for London.

The vaccine queue calculator from Omni has attracted huge interest

A post-Brexit trade deal has been agreed by negotiators from the UK and the European Union after months of talks and frantic last-minute wrangling.

St George’s Hospital in Tooting is pausing all routine planned operations and routine outpatient appointments from now until the end of January due to coronavirus pressures and higher numbers of patients accessing urgent and emergency care.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock will lead a Downing Street press conference at 3pm.

The empty Debenhams store in Wandsworth’s Southside shopping centre is set to be converted to amusement centre with an indoor electric go-karting track.

Pupils at Falcons School for Girls hosted a spectacular musical display at the Putney Exchange Shopping Centre.

Wandsworth police shut down two illegal raves as London was placed into Tier 4 over the weekend.

People fleeing London last night ahead of the new Tier 4 restrictions were “irresponsible,” the Health Secretary has said.

With London descending into Tier 4 last night (December 19) amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, here's the latest official figures across south London.

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DESPITE the sight of an electric scooter whizzing along city centre roads becoming increasingly common, the vehicles remain illegal in the vast majority of England.

Households in London will be banned from mixing over the festive period, while in the rest of the country, three households will be able to meet indoors on Christmas Day only.

There have been many mutations in the virus since it emerged in 2019.

New travel bans for London and the south-east are reportedly being considered by Downing Street to stop the spread of a new 'highly contagious' mutant strain of coronavirus, potentially disrupting Christmas plans for millions of families.

Look up at the night sky this Christmas and you might see a sight not too different from that of the most famous festive story of all.

The congestion charge will likely remain at £15 for at least a year and could be made permanent, according to reports.

The leader of Wandsworth Council has been criticised for making a “crass joke about suicide” during a council meeting.

A music school in Southfields is hosting a virtual Christmas concert this weekend in aid of creating opportunities for disadvantaged musicians in the borough.

Lambeth Council staff are set to lose their jobs in the coming years as plans for a £3 million restructure are in the works.  

Brixton businesses are worried about keeping afloat as Tier 3 restrictions are enforced in London.

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow have been given a major boost after the airport's owner won a Supreme Court challenge.

Councils opposed to Heathrow’s expansion say today’s Supreme Court ruling changes nothing and called on the airport to abandon its bid for a third runway.

SHOP managers from Cancer Research UK in Balham and Streatham have launched an urgent recruitment appeal after a drop in local volunteers.

London has moved into the toughest Tier 3 restrictions to control a surge in new cases of the coronavirus as Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to rebuff pressure to end his plans to ease restrictions over Christmas.

Matt Hancock has said a new, faster-spreading variant of Covid-19 might be behind the recent surge in cases in London.

As the UK approaches the 150th anniversary of the “Common Act” a community group from Wandsworth is appealing to residents for information about the space’s history and heritage.

The Mexican fast-food restaurant is set to open on December 22.

London is staring at new Tier 3 level restrictions in the coming days, with an announcement possibly due today, after a recent surge in cases.

Coronavirus restrictions are being tightened in the south of England .

A man has been pronounced dead on Figges Marsh in Merton this morning (Sunday, December 13).

The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the outcome of years of negotiating the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) would likely be known later today (Sunday, December 13).

A professor of public health has slammed the government's relaxing of coronavirus restrictions for five days over Christmas, dubbing the plan a 'mistake'.

A new pizzeria is opening in the heart of SW18.

Pets at Home opened the doors of its new pet care centre in Putney this weekend, which offers a grooming salon, in-store services and pet care advice.

Fire fighters are battling a blaze at the School of Dentistry at Kings College Hospital in Denmark Hill.

St George’s Hospital in Tooting administered its first coronavirus vaccines this morning.

The landlord of a pub in Plumstead has managed to bypass the tier two restrictions by using instant meals made by adding hot water so they can open over the crucial Christmas period.