In what has been quite an eventful and very different year, it may be hard to recall some of the biggest and most interesting north London stories this year.

But even from the get-go, 2020 was a busy one.

The son of a bagel tycoon admitted to killing his mother and sister, who were stabbed to death in 2017 at the £2.5 million family home in Golders Green.

Joshua Cohen worked at the family-owned Beigel Bake bakery in Brick Lane but left after issues with customers.

On the evening of August 11 2017, he attacked his widowed mother and sister in the basement laundry room after Mrs Cohen let him into the house.

Mrs Cohen suffered 13 stab wounds and her daughter was stabbed in the neck, severing her carotid artery.

Alysha Allen, a deaf teacher who uses sign language and lip reading to teach and engage Brimsdown Primary School in Enfield, has been recognised for her work as she was presented with the Special Contribution Award at the Teacher of the Year ceremony, hosted by Maths Hub London North East, a programme involving around 600 schools which helps to lead improvement in mathematics.

Harrow Council began to push ahead with its “proactive” strategy to reduce fly-tipping in the borough.

It was targetting “hotspots” for rubbish dumping such as Wealdstone, South Harrow and Edgware to try to tackle what it sees as a priority issue.

Enforcement officers spent their mornings trying to find evidence in bags of illegally dumped waste that could lead to action and go some way towards solving the problem.