Notting Hill: Police officer hospitalised after attack as 140 arrested at carnival

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Kensington and Chelsea Council has said an estimated 150 tonnes of rubbish was cleared after the first day of the festivities.

The council expects 300 tonnes to be collected over the weekend, with 180 staff and 45 vehicles working overnight.

The clean-up will continue tonight to prepare the area for normal business tomorrow morning.

Thousands of people have lined the Carnival route as temperatures reach 26C.

Brazilian performers from Paraiso Samba School, Batala and Dende Nation were among the line-up, alongside long-established UK community bands.

Maria James, 34, said: "It feels like a piece of the Caribbean right here in London."

James Lewis, 41, who travelled from Birmingham, said: "It's amazing to see so many cultures coming together."

The video below is a live stream from Notting Hill Carnival for anyone who wants to follow along.

Drummers and dancers have taken to the streets of Notting Hill as the Carnival gets into full swing.

Pictures from the Press Association show colourfully costumed performers making their way through the west London neighbourhood on day two of the annual event.

The actor Robert Sean Leonard told Channel 4's Sunday Brunch he checked out of his hotel in Notting Hill as the carnival festivities saw a local Tesco "boarded up" like a "tornado was coming towards it".

Pictures are beginning to emerg of carnival-goers arriving in Notting Hill ready for day two of the event.

Revellers in colourful costumes can be seen walking the streets of Notting Hill and arriving at a London Underground station.

This year's carnival sees live facial recognition (LFR) technology used on the approach to and from the event as well as outside its boundaries.

LFR captures people's faces on real-time CCTV cameras.

In July, the Metropolitan Police announced plans to expand its use of the technology across the capital.

Police bosses said LFR would be used up to 10 times per week across five days, up from the current four times per week across two days.

However, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said the force's rules and safeguards over using the tool "fall short" and could have a "chilling effect" on individuals' rights when used at protests.

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has sought to reassure campaign groups the technology will be used without bias.

A Met spokeswoman said last week that the force believes its use of the tool is "both lawful and proportionate, playing a key role in keeping Londoners safe".

The TV chef and personality, Big Zuu, 30, said on Sunday he had been coming to carnival since he was a year old and has taken part in the floats.

Asked what he liked about carnival, he said: "Everything. It's a celebration of black culture in England which we need right now.

"We have got these idiots putting up English flags. We're all British, we are part of Britain, this is a multicultural country.

"This is the best celebration of multiculturalism in the country."

The first picture below shows Jab Jab masquerades at Notting Hill Carnival.

Jab Jab is a Caribbean tradition which sees people cover themselves in oil, mud or paint.

It grew out of efforts to satirise slave masters and symbolises freedom, resilience and defiance of colonial hardship.

The second image shows children in colourful costumes taking part in the parade on day one.

A former Met Police detective has said day two of the Carnival is "usually the worst" for crime.

Ex-Detective Chief Inspector Mike Neville told TalkTV that if there's any trouble it is usually on the Monday, adding that "good" weather is likely to result in violence.

He praised the Metropolitan Police for it's proactive approach, which saw scores of arrests before the carnival even began.

But he also claimed a lack of media coverage of the event was evidence of the establishment not wanting the public to know the facts.

Officers arrested 100 people and took dozens of weapons off the streets in an operation ahead of Notting Hill Carnival, according to Scotland Yard.

The force said the arrests resulted in 21 people being recalled to prison. Officers seized 11 firearms and more than 40 knives.

Some 266 people either have police bail or probation licence conditions not to attend Carnival this year.

Scotland Yard has been granted additional powers which will be in force from 10am today to 2am tomorrow. The same powers were in place on day one.

These powers include stopping and searching people for weapons without the need for reasonable suspicion and requiring the removal of face coverings used to hide someone's identity.

Refusal to remove such a covering if asked to by police can lead to arrest.

Officers also have the power to order someone to leave an area and not return for 48 hours.

As of 7.45pm last night, there had been 140 arrests. Of these, 105 were at the carnival and 35 on approaches to the event.

Fifteen arrests were for assaults on police. One officer needed hospital treatment for injuries to their hand.

There were 21 arrests for possession of an offensive weapon, 25 for possession of cannabis and six for possession of class A drugs.

Four people were arrested on suspicion of sexual offences and two for robbery.

About one million people are expected to be on the streets of west London for the event, according to an estimate by the Metropolitan Police.

About 7,000 police officers will be on duty in the capital on Monday.

More revellers are expected to descend on Notting Hill as the carnival marks its final day.

Colourful costumes, dancing and music filled the streets of west London for Europe's biggest street party's children's day on Sunday.

The spectacle, which celebrates Caribbean culture and history, will continue with the main parade later today.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Notting Hill Carnival.