Notting Hill Carnival arrests hit 636 as man dies after entering canal in police chase

Total number of arrests reach 636 - more than 100 higher than in 2025 - but Met says policing operation has kept violent crime down

Record 636 people arrested at this year's Notting Hill Carnival as Met Police releases revised figures  GB News

The Metropolitan Police said on Monday night that the body of a man thought to be in his 20s was pulled from the water near a park in North Kensington, west London .

A MAN in his 20s has died after entering a canal while being pursued by police during Notting Hill Carnival.  Cops tried to stop the man at 3.19pm on Monday as he approached the carnival area in west London. The man fled on foot and went into the canal near Meanwhile Gardens, according to the...

More than 550 people were arrested at Notting Hill Carnival, police have said, and one man died following a chase with officers who stopped him entering the event.

The man was taken to hospital by ambulance and was pronounced dead a short time later, police have said.

Weekend revelers attended J'ouvert, the opening event of the Notting Hill Carnival, before crowds packed the streets of west London on Monday for the climax of one of the world’s biggest celebrations of Caribbean music and culture.

Man dies in canal during Notting Hill Carnival  thetimes.com

The Met Police say the man in his 20s was headed to Notting Hill Carnival when officers attempted to stop him and he fled

Man dies after entering canal near Notting Hill Carnival as 560 arrested over weekend  lbc.co.uk

Why is Notting Hill Carnival still fighting for its place?  edition.cnn.com

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A mural commemorating late Cambridge professor Jason Arday is displayed at London’s Notting Hill Carnival.

Police arrest 243 at Notting Hill Carnival but mood ‘overwhelmingly positive’  itv.com

London’s Notting Hill Carnival got underway on Sunday with revellers covered in oil and paint as the annual celebration of Caribbean culture and music returned to the British capital. The three-day event is marking its 60th anniversary and is expected to draw millions of visitors.

This Carnival Monday, a look back to August 1997, when Jay-Z performed on an unprecedented Notting Hill bill that showed British fans hip-hop’s future in a single afternoon

Between one and two million visitors descend on Notting Hill for the event every year.

The first full day of the annual Afro-Caribbean Notting Hill Carnival in London saw 169 arrested, including for attacks on emergency workers and sexual assaults.

The annual west London carnival, which takes place across two main days, is Europe’s biggest street party and is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

For Carnival’s 60th anniversary, Euronews Culture spoke to 10 people who have helped shape, celebrate and document its culture - asking each of them to choose the one track that, for them, captures the spirit of the festival.

Soca singer Ms Desire first took part in carnival aged six. As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, she'll also be marking 30 years of taking part

Europe's largest street festival, Notting Hill Carnival, is marking its 60th year this weekend.

Around 2m people flock to Notting Hill Carnival each year. But there is no such thing as a free lunch, or free street party, says James Ford.

As a child, being taken to the Caribbean celebration was a drag. But once sound systems arrived in the 1970s, it became an unmissable yearly pilgrimage offering a sense of freedom My earliest memories of the Notting Hill carnival are of being mildly irritated. In its 1960s infancy, the event was strictly a Caribbean af