Amid violent clashes with police, protesters breached barricades and were able to enter the building on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

“The last thing any education secretary wants to do is announce that schools will close."

Metropolitan Police officers arrested more than 1,800 people over a five-week period as part of a crackdown on violence in London.

A plan to build flats on the car parks of a suburban Tube station has been resoundingly rejected in a setback for Transport for London’s (TfL) development programme.

The London Mayoral Election will be going ahead in May despite Covid-19 restrictions, the Cabinet Office has confirmed.

Londoners who are caught breaching coronavirus rules are more likely to face fines as the new national lockdown comes into force, police have said.

Downing Street confirmed the centres will be staffed by a mixture of NHS staff and volunteers.

Annemarie Place, the woman behind the Clap for Our Carers initiative has confirmed it will return at 8pm this Thursday.

Professor Chris Whitty said that one in 50 people being estimated to have coronavirus across the UK is “really quite a large number indeed”.

An NHS chief executive was named in the New Year’s Honours list for her services to mental health.

Transport for London needs up to £125 million to keep providing concessionary fares such as free travel for under-18s and over-60s, according to London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

The leader of Haringey Council said moving to a national lockdown is the right decision and pledged to help people through an “incredibly tough” time.

Enfield Council’s leader pledged to provide rapid Covid testing for schools as she criticised the Government over an “appalling” decision on getting children back into classrooms.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to tighten restrictions on people entering the UK to stop the spread of Covid-19.

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The new national lockdown will see schools closed and people told to stay home.

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Haringey’s first rapid coronavirus testing site has opened this week.

The leader of Haringey Council has welcomed the Government’s decision to allow the borough’s primary schools to remain closed to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Boris Johnson is set to make a statement tonight regarding coronavirus restrictions following escalating case numbers.

The Northern Line Extension has reached a “major milestone” as test passenger trains completed the first journeys along brand new tunnels over Christmas.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Chase Farm Hospital as nurses received some of the first Covid-19 Oxford vaccines.

Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted his thoughts on what policy measures are needed to get the virus under control.

The Prime Minister’s televised address will take place at 8pm on Monday, replacing Eastenders, which was set to air at 8:05pm.

The Prime Minister’s televised address is expected to take place at 8pm on Monday.

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The Government faces increasing pressure to close schools as the new coronavirus variant threatens to spiral out of control.

Matt Hancock admitted that controlling the new variant is "proving increasingly difficult in all parts of the country.”

The NHS will begin administering the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine tomorrow (Monday) as the health service rapidly scales up the biggest immunisation programme in its history.

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London schools will remain closed next week as the UK prepares to ramp up its coronavirus vaccination programme.

As a year of minimal travel and lockdowns draws to a close, many Brits will be planning the best way to maximise their time off work in 2021.

A woman was fined £10,000 as police shut down a New Year party which was taking place in an area with the highest Covid infection rate in England.

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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.