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A dedicated drone team will be deployed at Notting Hill Carnival by the British Transport Police (BTP) for the first time as part of efforts to keep people safe. The drones are fitted with four cameras including a wide angle and a zoom where they can identify a person from up to about 80m (260ft) away.
On Sunday and bank holiday Monday, trains leaving Watford Junction at half past each hour from 11.30am to 8.30pm will also terminate at Kilburn High Road instead of Euston and all the trains from Euston at 15 minutes past each hour from 12.15pm to 9.15pm will similarly start at Kilburn High Road instead, seven minutes later.
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Family of mother killed at Notting Hill Carnival say it's an 'unmanageable event' and is 'unsafe'
Ahead of the carnival, police have arrested more than 100 people and seized dozens of knives and firearms. But organisers are adamant, the event is safe.
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The best things to do in London this August bank holiday, from the Independent’s travel experts
Although the August bank holiday should be a BBQ-eating, suncream-required, pints at the pub affair – and the forecast is looking fairly promising – there’s a host of activities to discover beyond the back garden. From 23 to 25 August, there are three office-free days of fun in the capital, from festivals to lidos and museums.
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Iconic London hairdresser Charlotte Mensah on the ultimate Notting Hill Carnival hair
and still calling it home I remember the first time I truly wanted to go to Carnival. I was thirteen, and my dad refused, even though we lived only a stone’s throw away in North West London. He eventually took my younger brother and me when I was fifteen ...
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;
The family of a man who was stabbed to death at Notting Hill Carnival three years ago have issued a fresh plea for information to help find his killer. Takayo Nembhard, 21, was killed while surrounded by several hundred people on Monday 29 August, 2022, in the Ladbroke Grove area under the Westway flyover.
The Met Police commissioner has defended Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology as a tool that helps officers locate people on watch lists, ahead of its use at Notting Hill Carnival.
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