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.

Kingston Council has slammed the government's decision to only allow specific London boroughs to delay primary school reopenings next week.

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.

A man was arrested and a large knife recovered while police were patrolling in Croydon this week.

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to a fire at a restaurant on George Street in Croydon last night.

A local housebuilder has encouraged schoolchildren in Surrey to celebrate Christmas in a more sustainable way this year.

Kingston police officers made time on Christmas day to deliver gifts to vulnerable members of the community.

A group of students from Rosebery School in Epsom ran 788 miles in honour of their Maths teacher, Mr Celine, to raise funds for Princess Alice Hospice.

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.

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

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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.

Kingston Council’s Director for Public Health has sent out letters to all of the borough’s secondary schools inviting parents and their children to access asymptomatic coronavirus tests.

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

Liberal Democrat Leader, and Kingston and Surbiton MP, Ed Davey, has unveiled a refurbished mosaic in memory of a former councillor.

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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Police have made an urgent appeal to the public to help them find an 11-year-old girl reporting missing in South Norwood.

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.

A man who crashed his car in Ashford submitted a foul-mouthed drink-driving form after he fought with officers and was later detained recently.

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.

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.

The death of an 11-month-old girl at a Chertsey hospital was caused by a lethal overdose of phenytoin and a "a gross failure to provide basic medical care", a coroner has ruled.

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.

An urgent appeal has been launched in the search for a teenage girl missing from Sunbury.

A WOMAN entertained families over the weekend with her 10k walk dressed up as Santa.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured after they collided with a police car during a chase through Sunbury this morning (December 15).

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

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust will benefit from a funding boost.

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 was rushed to hospital with a head injury and two more were arrested after an incident in Leatherhead this morning (Sunday, December 13).