Notting Hill Carnival

Clary Salandy's guide to costume-making for Notting Hill Carnival

Costumers from carnival club Elimu have been working 10-12 hours a day, seven days a week, to make 125 costumes. The costume designs were created in Easter, and the team has spent the last three months making them.

"Anybody who departs Notting Hill Gate station is immediately hit by the distinctive sounds, smells and sights of carnival. Whistles shriek, horns bellow and in the distance is the rumble of bass lines being emitted by hundreds of speakers. The crowds pass beneath the empty grand houses of west London, their gates and windows sealed off by wooden boards, many of which have been utilised by graffiti artists - or those just wanting to leave their mark."

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Last year's Notting Hill Carnival saw four stabbings so serious the victims nearly died, a report says.

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This amateur footage appears to show police officers showing their dance moves to an appreciative crowd at the Notting Hill Carnival

Hundreds of thousands of revellers descended on Notting Hill for the final day of carnival. Rooted in Afro-Caribbean culture and celebrating community cohesion, the event took on extra significance following the Grenfell Tower tragedy Colourful floats passed within half a mile of the blackened tower and revellers were encouraged to lower their music and walk respectably.

Police have made 290 arrests prior to this year's event, but carnival goers say the atmosphere on the ground is "positive".

Scotland Yard said security plans had been "thoroughly reviewed" after the Barcelona attack.

The minister for London queries whether it should be staged near the site of a "national disaster".

The final day of the Notting Hill Carnival 2016 saw spectacular costumes, sound systems and revellers dancing in the streets of west London.

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More than 100 police officers are taken to hospital after clashes at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.

"We don't pretend we can give solace. But we can, and will, offer respect and solidarity"

This police officer at Notting Hill Carnival had some serious moves.