While a parade of dancers on colourful floats snaked its way through west London, police were busy making hundreds of arrests.
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Four stabbings took place on the first day of the annual event celebrating Afro-Caribbean culture in London’s west that is traditionally a family-orientated event.
Police officers “dread” having to work at the Notting Hill Carnival and an “unacceptable” number are being attacked at the event, a rank-and-file group leader has said.
The three teens along with a 20-year-old man, who was also stabbed, were taken to hospital in a critical condition which was later deemed to be non-life threatening.
Lily has been retweeting numerous messages and admitted that her carnival experience wasn’t exactly one of her proudest moments.
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Lily Allen reportedly “blanked out” and had to be carried out of London’s Notting Hill Carnival after an alleged marathon drinking session.
Thousands of partygoers have flocked to Notting Hill Carnival in a surge of colour and music.
Some 90 arrests involved possession of knives or other weapons, while 169 drug offenses were registered.
People interact with a figure during the Notting Hill Carnival in London August 30, 2016.
On Sunday a 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of GBH after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed on Wornington Road in Kensington and Chelsea, while the same day two boys aged 15 and 16 were stabbed in Ladbroke Grove.
Met Police officers seized a large canister of compressed nitrous oxide “laughing gas” on Queensway in Bayswater. It quickly grew and this year’s edition featured 60 bands and 38 sound systems.
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“While the clean-up following Notting Hill Carnival represents a sizeable challenge, it’s one we relish because it’s a real team effort”, Vincent Masseri, senior contract manager for Veolia, said in a statement.
