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Now the carnival’s over:
Streets clean by rush hour
THE workforce set to scrubbing the streets in the capital’s big clean-up following the Notting Hill Carnival over the bank holiday.
More than 500,000 people attended on each of the two days of carnival in west London, leaving tonnes of rubbish along the 3.5 mile route.
While the majority of the carnival is in neighbouring Kensington and Chelsea, around 200 staff from Westminster’s waste management contractors Veolia Environmental Services pitched in to help (above).
They worked through the night on Monday to have the streets clear in time for Tuesday morning rush hour. They estimate to have dumped 165 tonnes of rubbish at Brent refuse centre.
n The event was marred by the stabbing of a 15-year-old in Monmouth Road, off Westbourne Grove as the festivities wound down on Monday evening.
He was stabbed in the leg, chest and abdomen, and described as in “serious but stable” condition.
Michael Williams, from London Notting Hill Carnival Ltd, said: “It’s important that this incident, which happened after the festivities were over and people were on their way home, should not overshadow what is Europe’s greatest cultural event.”
Police reported fewer arrests, 222 compared with close to 300 last year. |
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