Thousands of soggy revellers took to the streets yesterday for the final day of Notting Hill Carnival undaunted by the wet weather.

And the crowd goes wild...

Pounding music, vibrant costumes and the smell of Caribbean food have signalled the start of Notting Hill Carnival.

My idea of misery is a world without jazz. To me, music is bliss.

It was the ensuing witch hunt, and not the events at Slane, that deserves condemnation, writes Sam Boland

More than one million revellers are expected to descend on the capital over the next two days for Europe’s biggest street festival – the Notting Hill Carnival.

More than 6,500 police officers are due to take to the streets in London for the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival today as Scotland Yard continues its unprecedented security operation just weeks after the riots.

FEARS there would be a repeat of this month’s rioting at London’s Notting Hill Carnival were unfounded as the first day of the two-day event was largely peaceful.

Police in the UK say they have reason to believe some gangs are planning on causing trouble at this year's Notting Hill Carnival after monitoring social networking websites.

SCOTLAND YARD staged a series of dawn swoops during preemptive strikes to avoid the Notting Hill Carnival becoming a victim of England’s rioting crisis.

Students fighting to stop education cuts in the UK were divided tonight over the justification of violent clashes at the headquarters of the Tory party.

Police are monitoring violent gangs squaring up to each other in cyberspace with 10 days to go until the Notting Hill Carnival.

LIMERICK’S Budweiser Global Beats Festival will involve 30 free music events, workshops and headline shows across the city this May Bank holiday weekend.

IRELAND cannot much longer afford the routine denigration of the Green and the Orange. Do we really want to humiliate Orangemen (or Sinn Féin for that matter) by insisting that their leaders condemn themselves and their supporters in front of the world?

Briatin's Notting Hill Carnival was getting underway today, with millions of visitors expected at Europe’s largest street party.

London remained on a high state of terrorist alert today as US President George Bush continues his state visit and thousands take to the streets to protest at his presence in Britain.

Tiny chart star Kylie Minogue told today how she snowboards incognito - because the gear makes her look like a teenage boy.