Staff at St George's Hospital say they are 'overwhelmed' and feel 'demoralised' as they battle the second wave of the pandemic.

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

Londoners who gather in groups, refuse to wear a mask or even leave the home without a reason 'can expect to be fined' under a 'stricter enforcement approach' to the new lockdown rules.

A new Covid-19 testing site for asymptomatic residents opened at Brixton Windmill today (January 6), while one in Brockwell Park will launch on Thursday (January 7). 

The new measures were confirmed in a televised national address, which will see England once again advised to stay at home.

A plucky couple have launched a coffee business in Wandsworth, despite the setbacks of the pandemic.

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

The Prime Minister has set out further measures as part of a third lockdown in England in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus.

The lockdown means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February.

Police have issued an appeal to the public to help locate a missing 72-year-old man.

A bar in Battersea has coated its benches in non-drying adhesive, to prevent people congregating outside.

A new documentary has revisited the shocking story of two stowaways, who clung to a plane from South Africa to Britain in June 2015.

A daring team of rowers have reached the halfway milestone in their race across the Atlantic, while raising over £35,000 for charity.

BORIS Johnson has confirmed that the UK will face a third national lockdown.

The cabinet lead for children and young people at Lambeth Council has slammed the Government after it U-turned on primary school closures just before the new term.

A new Covid-19 testing site for asymptomatic residents opened in Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton today (January 4).  

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

A woman from Battersea has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours.

The death a schoolgirl from Balham, whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on holiday, was most likely due to misadventure, a coroner has found.

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

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.

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.

WHAT are the latest R Number estimates across the UK?

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.