A man has been arrested and 11 people have been fined £200 after cops rumbled two suspected Valentine's Day parties in London.

Met Police in Southwark were called to a flat in Camberwell where a group of 11 was gathered, breaking coronavirus restrictions.

Southwark Police tweeted: "While romance can be difficult in the current climate, being in groups will net you a £200 fine like it did these people. Please stay home!"

Just the night before, police were also called to the River Lea in Hackney to reports of a loud party.

Several complaints were made about a large number of revellers blasting music on a houseboat on the river in the early hours on Saturday.

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Cops arrived to Hackney Marshes at about 4:20am where they found an illegal party on the houseboat which breached coronavirus rules.

Officers found about 30 people partying on the boat before shutting down the gathering and arresting one man on suspicion of breaching Human Protection Regulations.

Jordy Nicholas Van Duijvenbode, 31, of no fixed address was later charged with holding a gathering of more than 30 people and participating in a gathering of two or more people.

Indoor gatherings of more than one household have been banned for several months in the capital.

Just days before Christmas last year, London was plunged into tier 4 of coronavirus restrictions – the strictest measures under the tier system.

Weeks later on January 4, England was put back into a national lockdown which only allows two people from different households to meet outside for exercise.

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The Prime Minister is expected to announce his road map for moving the UK out of lockdown on February 22.

While it's unlikely that parties will be allowed to take place any time soon, there are hopes that lonely Brits will be able to see friends and family once more as Covid-19 cases continue to fall.

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