Members of Scotland Yard’s elite royal protection unit are being drafted in to help police this year’s Notting Hill Carnival ...

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 police officer was sexually assaulted and six others were bitten at the final day of Notting Hill Carnival. The Metropolitan Police Federation (MPF) have said 75 officers in total were assaulted ...

Notting Hill Carnival's machete brawls and sexual assaults are not manageable, police say One officer was sexually assaulted and six bitten as criminals mar final day of Europe’s biggest street ...

Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group ...

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.

Read more: Teenager arrested after rapper and expectant father Takayo Nembhard stabbed to death at Notting Hill Carnival. Read more: Notting Hill resident of 15 years says carnival shouldn't be on ...

Elite royal protection cops called in to work Notting Hill Carnival amid growing concerns over event safety. By TOM MIDLANE ... One officer said the police operation was ‘overstretched, ...

As carnival changed, so did the social make-up of Notting Hill as the 1970s and 80s saw the area "gentrified", with wealthy residents moving in - many of whom are still no fans of carnival. But ...

Notting Hill Carnival-goer, 46, who kissed a dancer and a police officer without their consent avoids jail. Florin Matei first kissed a dancer who was performing at Notting Hill Carnival ...

Notting Hill Carnival Ltd said it valued "the vital contribution to carnival of all police officers", but described the survey as "hugely flawed". Image: Police officers in Ladbroke Grove for the ...