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Weeks before Carnival begins, the city is already stirring. In school halls, children stamp out dance steps their great grandparents refused to forget. In community centres, men and women bend wire, cloth and sequins, working through the night because culture does not build itself. In the pan yards, steelbands play…

I have been a Met officer and a critic. I still worry about the culture there. But as the Notting Hill carnival approaches, I am persuaded this is the best option, says peer and former senior police officer Brian Paddick

Use of cameras at Notting Hill carnival could have ‘chilling effect’ on people’s rights, says equality regulator

The world’s second-largest street festival returns this bank holiday weekend as London welcomes the 58th edition of Notting Hill Carnival. Its happening comes as a relief: there had been murmurs of cancellation; rumours of ticketing when it has always been free to attend. Organisers warned about the carnival’s future. In…

Among nearly 1,400 suspects held, Steven Barrs targeted same Notting Hill branch of Co-op 15 times

Mark Rowley says technology will be ‘non-discriminatory’ and ‘does not perform in a way which exhibits bias’

Britain’s top policeman seems to think violence will go unchecked if officers jig with the crowd. Risible, but hey, better to be stiff as a board than labelled woke, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

With two murders and over 60 officers injured during last year’s festivities, the Met fears dancing distracts police on duty

Exclusive: Letter to the Met says technology ‘unfairly targets community that carnival exists to celebrate’

Fears have grown of a disaster at the event due to overcrowding and rising crime

Parades, processions, and pepper pot — this is what you need to see and do at Carnival this year