Notting Hill Carnival is a “war zone” where policing is ineffective, a report has claimed. The annual celebration, billed as Europe’s biggest street party, sees hundreds of thousands of revellers fill the streets of west London over the August bank holiday weekend with a display of costumes, dancing and music.

Notting Hill Carnival organisers respond by calling the Metropolitant Police Federation survey an “anti-carnival agenda”

A police survey that described Notting Hill Carnival as “hell” and a “war zone” is part of an “anti-carnival agenda”, the event’s organisers have said. Almost 90% of officers who responded to the survey said they have felt unsafe while working there,

COPS policing the Notting Hill Carnival have described it as a ‘’war zone’’ with almost a third of them saying they have been assaulted working there. They described it as ‘’hell’’ and feeling

Police officers have described the Notting Hill Carnival as a 'war zone' and 'hell' in a new survey which has been dismissed as part of an 'anti-carnival agenda' by organisers.

Described by officers on the frontline as "hell" and akin to a "war zone", almost 90% of police have admitted to feeling unsafe at the world-famous Notting Hill Carnival. Despite the vibrant costumes,

Nearly 90 per cent of officers who responded to the Metropolitan Police Federation survey said they have felt unsafe while working at Europe's biggest street party in West London each August.