A 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after a knife attack that led to a 15-year-old boy being treated in intensive care. The teenager’s injuries are non-life threatening.
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Some 90 arrests involved possession of knives or other weapons, while 169 drug offenses were registered. The Glastonbury music festival had 40 arrests this year.
Lily Allen was pictured slumped over her boyfriend’s shoulder after collapsing during a boozy session at Notting Hill Carnival.
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As of 10pm last night, officers had made 105 arrests including some people who had been detained for more than one offence. Police added, that there were four incidents where people were stabbed, including two 15-year old boys, a 20-year old man and a 16-year old boy.
Monday will mark the Grand Finale of the west London event’s 50th anniversary, which has this year hosted 60 bands and 38 sound systems. “I think many Londoners will wonder whether the significant amount of taxpayers’ money spent policing this event is frankly worth it”.
Met Police officers seized a large canister of compressed nitrous oxide “laughing gas” on Queensway in Bayswater.
Europe’s biggest street party saw more than 400 arrested over the Bank Holiday Weekend as violence spilled onto West London’s streets.
The London Ambulance Service reported shortly before midnight that 411 people had received medical care at the carnival, 77 of whom needed to be hospitalized.
Revellers watched the colourful parade from balconies on Ladbroke Grove while people of all ages took to the streets to celebrate.
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“Someone has to stand up and take responsibility and say if it’s a carnival, treat it like a carnival but if it’s simply a crime-fest it can’t go on like this”.
