Policing the Notting Hill carnival cost a record £5.6m last year, more than twice the amount spent on the anti-capitalist May Day demonstrations in London four months earlier, it was revealed yesterday.
August 2001
The heat is on - sunshine brightens bank holiday extravaganzas
A giant inflatable Neptune parted the sea of revellers as it moved slowly through the crowds brandishing a sparkling wand and trailing dancing sea horses, clams and other marine life in its wake.
Partying carnival crowds beat the rain
Congestion but no violence at heavily policed Notting Hill.
Carnival policing to cost record £4m
Don't spoil the carnival
Lee Jasper
Carnival safety fears grow as accusations fly
June 2001
Festival spirit
The sun is out, the sky is blue (for now, at least) and the festival season is upon us once more. Die-hard festival-goer Carla Grossetti takes a look at this summer's carnival calendar, and explains why the combination of music, mayhem and mud draws her back year after year
February 2001
Notting Hill Carnival may get park venue
The Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, may be rerouted to one of London's royal parks under plans being considered by the Greater London Authority.
September 2000
Arrest over Notting Hill murder
A teenager has been arrested in connection with one of the two murders at the Notting Hill carnival. The 19-year-old was arrested on Wednesday and bailed pending inquiries.
Met calls for rethink on carnival
The venue for the Notting Hill carnival should be reviewed in response to public fears over "extreme and unacceptable levels of crime", the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir John Stevens, has said in a report.
Yard backs limit on carnival crowd
Police carnival critics 'stoking up race row'
Police call for scaled-down Notting Hill carnival
August 2000
Police launch murder hunt after motiveless knife attack at carnival
The father of a three-week-old girl was stabbed to death at the end of the Notting Hill carnival in what appears to have been an unprovoked attack, Scotland Yard said yesterday.