There is a "strong" link between people breaching the lockdown, warm weather and holiday periods, according to analysis by the UK’s largest police force.

The Metropolitan Police looked at data from 27 March to 14 May, when 973 people were issued fixed penalty notices and 36 arrested in London.

Peaks of police action in St James' Park coincided with warm temperatures in early April, the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, and on 15 April, after the temperature rose by six degrees.

But Assistant Commissioner Mark Simmons stressed that overall there had been "good compliance" when officers intervened and the force used enforcement for breaches such as gathering in groups only as a last resort.

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