Three held for attempted murder during carnival

DANCERS dolled up in feathers, flamboyant performers and elaborate floats filed through west London yesterday as the Notting Hill carnival — Europe’s biggest street party — pumped up the volume on its Caribbean rhythms.

Sunny weather and a public holiday drew hundreds of thousands of people to the free event, which celebrates West Indian culture.

This year’s theme was Set All Free, marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire.