Notting Hill Carnival hailed by police as 'positive and celebratory' despite 243 arrests

Sunday at Notting Hill Carnival saw 169 arrests but was still praised by police as ‘overwhelmingly positive’ for most revellers

Why is Notting Hill Carnival still fighting for its place?  CNN

Social media was awash with the tired old fibs, suggesting you were taking your life into your own hands if you went out to West London to get involved in this year's Carnival celebrations

Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, has celebrated its 60th year.

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’  ITVX

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 Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, is under way and is expected to attract millions of visitors to west London.

Notting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 after knife assaults and sex offences  GB News

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

Police make 169 arrests on first day of Notting Hill Carnival  lbc.co.uk

The carnival returned to the capital for another year with hundreds of people joining in with the celebrations

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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