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Good vibes or time to go? Notting Hill residents remain divided over Carnival

Some locals are calling for Notting Hill Carnival to be held as a ticketed event in Hyde Park

Evening Standard

Inside Notting Hill Carnival: How It Connects Me to My Caribbean Heritage and Why It Must Survive

From child spectator to masquerader: Chanté Joseph shares her personal connection to Notting Hill Carnival

Marie Claire

Voices: I’m an ex-Met chief – but I’m glad I’m not policing this ‘bank holiday weekend of discontent’

COMMENT: Two dozen anti-migrant protests across the country, a million-strong Notting Hill Carnival using controversial facial recognition cameras for the first time – and officers are banned from dancing… my former colleagues would much rather spend the long weekend policing local neighbourhoods, says John Sutherland

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Police officers 'fear being attacked, sexually assaulted or trampled' at Notting Hill Carnival

Metropolitan Police Federation raises concerns about being ‘at the mercy of the crowd’ — after 61 assaults on officers were recorded over just two days at last year’s event

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival 2025: What to wear and take to London's biggest street party

Notting Hill Carnival is back for 2025! Here are the key style tips you should know

Evening Standard

The Dorchester Grill: new chef and menu announced at historic hotel restaurant

Jacob Keen-Downs arrives from Gold in Notting Hill, under culinary director Martyn Nail

Evening Standard

OPINION - Notting Hill Carnival has a secret power

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…

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I now think police use of live facial recognition will make us safer – here’s why you should think so too

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

The Guardian - UK

Met police’s facial recognition plans fall foul of European law, says watchdog

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

The Guardian - UK

Notting Hill Carnival 2025: Food, travel, sound systems and everything you need to know for the festival

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…

Evening Standard

Moment prolific shoplifter arrested in Met Police blitz on London’s 20 most blighted town centres

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

Evening Standard

Met chief rejects calls to scrap live facial recognition at Notting Hill carnival

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

The Guardian - UK

Pity the beat cops now they’re banned from dancing at the Notting Hill carnival

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

The Guardian - UK

Police officers warned against dancing with revellers at Notting Hill carnival

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

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Facial recognition cameras too racially biased to use at Notting Hill carnival, say campaigners

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

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival should be run by City Hall, Conservative leader says amid safety fears

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

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival: The essential guide for 2025, from the music to the food and drink

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

The Guardian - UK

‘A sign of how we live now’: friction in Notting Hill over counter-terrorism barriers

Film tourists, market traders and residents react as council imposes traffic control measures on famous London street

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Top chef says thieves have targeted Notting Hill restaurant 20 times — but Met do nothing about it

Richard Wilkins, who runs London's smallest fine dining restaurant, has branded Scotland Yard ‘a failure of organisation’

Evening Standard

Is Pat Allerton, the Hot Vicar of Notting Hill, the antidote to toxic masculinity?

The Church of England has a new, sexy look - and it’s making people take notice

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival not the cause of knife crime, event boss says

Matthew Phillip urged people not to scapegoat the carnival, which has faced criticism in recent years for not tackling violent crime.

The Independent UK

Notting Hill Carnival not the cause of knife crime, event CEO says

Matthew Phillip urged people not to scapegoat the carnival as he greater safety measures ahead of this year’s event

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival boss – ‘We can’t ignore impact of knife crime on our event’

The carnival has partnered with Idris Elba’s Elba Hope Foundation and its campaign Don’t Stop Your Future.

The Independent UK

Moment brazen thief snatches vintage Chanel bag from under influencer’s feet at London restaurant

CCTV footage caught the moment a suspected thief snatched a vintage Chanel bag from its TikTok influencer owner as she dined at a restaurant in Notting Hill.

Evening Standard

Chef and culinary artist Imogen Kwok on getting creative in her 'old-school' Notting Hill kitchen

Her edible creations dazzle the worlds of art and fashion alike — here, the food visionary takes us behind the scenes at her quirky duplex in Notting Hill

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