Millions of people have begun life under a tough new Covid-19 lockdown to try to reduce spiralling coronavirus cases and prevent the NHS from becoming overwhelmed.
Schools and colleges are now closed to all but vulnerable pupils and the children of essential workers and people are being told to work from home where possible.
Across London many streets were deserted at a time thousands of people would normally be heading to the January sales or back to work after the Christmas break.
The Tower of London The area outside Buckingham Palace in London is almost desertedThe Mall near Buckingham PalaceAn empty Regent Street A quiet Carnaby StreetA quiet Oxford Circus in the heart of London A quiet Piccadilly CircusAn empty Victoria Embankment in central LondonAlmost deserted riverside walk next to Tower Bridge at 10.34amNearly empty Hay's Galleria at 10.49amA woman walks across a near deserted Waterloo Bridge, in central LondonPassenger travels on a Jubilee Line Underground train towards central LondonAn empty West Hampstead Underground Station in north London A handful of passengers ride on an Overground trainAn empty Trafalgar Square in central London on day one of a new lockdownNational Portrait Gallery in central LondonTraffic coming off the A40 Marylebone flyover heading towards central London at 8.48amTraffic on the A40 Marylebone flyover at rush hourTraffic using the Dartford Crossing in Kent at 11:11am