28/08/2017 London News

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Notting Hill Carnival has drawn to a close this year

with arrests at a similar level to last year - despite heightened

Hundreds of thousands of people crowded into

the streets of West London and for the second day running,

respects were paid to the victims of Grenfell Tower, as Dan

It's carnival day two, and we're stowaways on board one

Well, the carnival is now in full swing.

We're on board Smoky Joe's Roadshow float.

The noise is deafening, the bass is shaking my chest.

But on the ground, amongst the sequins, is a security challenge

heightened by an unprecedented year of terror in London.

I think things are developing and changing, and so are our

responses to the nature and extent of any possible threat.

Clearly, we're using technology to support us

in protecting our communities, and so we will use anything

that is lawful and proportionate to help us keep communities safe.

So far, arrests are down compared to last year,

Anything could happen to anyone, anywhere.

That's what terrorists want you to do, be inside and be afraid,

so you can't do what they want you to do - you have

We never yield, we are British, we have our roots in

the West Indies, or whatever, but we see it as we are all one.

We feel safe, we come every year, the usual occasion for us.

Once again, today, at 3pm, the sound systems were silenced

as a mark of respect for the victims of Grenfell.

If you judge a community on how it responds in the face

of terror and tragedy, then this community is passing that

A teenage boy has died at the Reading Music Festival.

Paramedics were called to a tent in one of the campsites, but the

Police say his death is being treated as 'unexplained'.

Next, a martial art you may not have heard of.

Gatka - it's a form of combat training followed by Sikhs.

It was only introduced to the UK 25 years ago,

but it's growing rapidly in popularity.

Today the National Championships were held in Chigwell in Essex -

In the red corner and the blue, this is the Gatka UK Championship,

Yeah, gatka was introduced to the Sikh fold by the sixth

But this also meant not just physically or aggressively,

but humbleness without service to mankind, without meditation,

without forgiveness, without compassion, you can't

The aim is to land the most hits on your opponent and defend

Hundreds of years old, it came to the UK 25 years ago.

It's taught us a lot of discipline, commitment, and we made

It helps them stay connected to their roots and to the values

that their parents would have taught us.

Before, I would look down on the floor.

It is watched over by the new MP for Slough, also president

That is the second year out of five that we've held

the championship in London, and I am hoping this

annual event will go on from strength to strength.

And maybe the gatka champion of tomorrow

It's goodnight from me, I'll leave you now with Wendy

What a bank holiday it has been. Unlikely it seemed after the rest of

August. 28 degrees today. Beautiful sunshine across London and the home

counties and a fine evening now. We have a bit of cloud and there will

more through the night. Particularly in Kent and Sussex and the Thames

Estuary. There could be the odd shower. A warm night. After the

cloud clears tomorrow, there will be some warm sunshine in the afternoon

and anything but that on Wednesday, really cool and once the rain sets

in around noon, it will stick around for most of the day and be heavy.

You can see it does brighten up towards the ends of week. Some

showers on Friday. But a fine weekend.

showers on Friday. But a fine weekend. Darren Bett has the

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