POLICE stations in the area will be closed for several days over the Christmas and New Year period.

Redbridge Police has confirmed Wanstead police station, in Spratt Hall Road, and Woodford police station, in the High Road, will be shut from Christmas Day (Saturday 25) until Tuesday (December 28).

They also shut from Saturday (January 1) to Monday (January 3).

Both stations will close earlier than usual at 7pm on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year's Eve (January 31).

The borough's main station in Ilford will continue to be open 24 hours a day throughout the festive season.