The Government has confirmed all London primary schools will remain shut next week due to high rates of Covid-19 infection.

Pictures from across London showed quiet streets on New Year's Eve 2020.

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.

A local legend and ferry owner is due to make his final voyage next week, with a procession down Twickenham's Church Street ahead of his funeral.

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.

Young people are being thanked for their efforts to spread festive across the borough.

Pubs in London may have been forced to close again on Christmas day, but a local in Richmond kept its doors open for those in need.

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.

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.

Police are hunting two men in connection with a serious assault at Barnes station, which left a 52-year-old man with severe injuries.

Vulnerable and isolated residents living in Richmond will still be able to get emergency support this Christmas via the council's community hub.

Anne Newton CEO Richmond Chamber of Commerce and Deputy Chair LLC, “Happy Christmas to you all and we hope a healthier more prosperous 2021! Well sadly there is little festive cheer around this season with many businesses under increasing stress...

In his latest fortnightly column, Richmond Council's leader shares a Christmas message:

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

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.

London and parts of the south east and east of England have been plunged into Tier 4 restrictions - but how long will they last?

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.

Hundreds of people have been pictured at London's major train stations as they try to cram onto the last services out of the capital before Tier 4 rules hit.

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.

Boris Johnson is expected to tighten Christmas coronavirus restrictions as a new strain of the virus is "spreading rapidly".

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.

While things will certainly not be normal this Christmas, one thing that will stay the same is the need to have your rubbish collected.

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.

Almost all boroughs in Surrey will be placed under stringent Tier 3 restrictions from Saturday (December 19) after a worrying surge in new cases in the region.

Officers from British Transport Police are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man who died on the railway close to Mortlake station.

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.

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

A man has been found guilty of the "horrific" attempted murder of his wife in Twickenham in February.

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.

Age UK is encouraging residents to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboards, for their Winter writing challenge.

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

A mother and her two-year-old daughter who were found dead in west London have been named by police.

Richmond Council is rolling out coronavirus tests to three wards with the highest infection rates from today (December 15).

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

A family in Richmond has come up with a special way of remembering their stillborn baby this Christmas.

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 .

There have been over 200 new cases of Covid-19 in Richmond in recent days, ending a previous plateau in new case numbers in the borough.