Notting Hill Carnival is not safe, the Met Police’s assistant commissioner has admitted. Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the level of serious crime at the festival was “too high ...

A top Met Police officer has said Notting Hill Carnival is not safe – as he warned of “significant” violence and fears of a “mass casualty” crowd crush. Assistant commissioner Matt Twist ...

In a statement, Notting Hill Carnival Ltd said: "We value the vital contribution to carnival of all police officers, including those from the City of London and British Transport Police, but this ...

A police officer deployed to Notting Hill Carnival said officers were treated like “lambs to the slaughter”, according to a survey by the Metropolitan Police Federation. Almost 90 per cent of ...

A teenager has been found guilty of attempted murder after "slicing open a boy's stomach with a zombie knife" at the Notting Hill carnival last year. Rumarni Tuitt, 19, was convicted of stabbing ...

Shakeil Thibou was convicted of murdering Cher Maximen last month. Police say he was armed with a large knife and seeking ...

A majority of police officers feel unsafe working at Notting Hill Carnival ... and crime at Notting Hill Carnival. "They also highlight recent positive changes to officer provision which we ...

We can now confirm that over the two days of Notting Hill Carnival, there were 61 incidents where officers were assaulted - 24 on Sunday and 37 on Monday. The assaults mostly involved kicks, punches ...

Cher Maximen, 32, was caught in the middle of a ‘horrifying outbreak of violence’ as she sat chatting to friends on August 25 ...

This year marks 30 years since the Notting Hill Carnival ... lit and ill-equipped police officers picked up dustbin lids and milk crates to charge the rioters. More than 100 officers and 60 other ...

He told the London Assembly Police and ... near the Carnival in Queensway on Bank Holiday Monday. Speaking following their deaths, Carnival organisers said: “Notting Hill Carnival is shocked ...