More than 100 people have been arrested while attending Notting Hill Carnival, the Metropolitan Police has said. The force said that of the 140 arrests around the annual west London festival, 15 had been on suspicion of assaulting officers, one of whom needed hospital treatment for injuries to their hand.

The Met Police said there had been 140 arrests – 105 at the carnival and 35 on approaches to the carnival as a result of proactive policing interventions - as of 7.45pm on Sunday

The street of West London have been filled with colourful costumes, dancing and music, as Notting Hill Carnival got underway today (24 August). The two-day carnival, Europe’s biggest street party and an annual extravaganza over the summer bank holiday weekend, is held to celebrate Caribbean culture and history.