Notting Hill Carnival: Man In Critical Condition After One Of Four Stabbings

Four people have been stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival, with one man fighting for his life in hospital.

Emergency services were called to Wornington Road in Kensington and Chelsea at 4.25pm on Sunday, the day the festival is dedicated to children and families.

A second man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

Minutes later, police were called to another stabbing on Portobello Road, taking one person to hospital.

And less than an hour after that, two men were stabbed on Ladbroke Grove.

They were also taken to hospital.

The men were among 345 people treated by ambulance workers at the carnival, with 43 of them taken to hospital.

Police said they had arrested 71 people, including two for sex offences, 50 for drugs, 13 for possession of offensive weapons and others for theft and public disorder.

More than a million people were expected to attend the carnival on Sunday.