the notting hill carnival has returned to the streets of west london for the first time in three years following the pandemic. europe s largest carnival could have up to two million people attending the two day festival. greg mckenzie has the story. welcome to notting hill carnival! the world s second biggest carnival is back, after being cancelled last year and the year before due to the pandemic. the festivities began this morning with a 72 second silence observed to remember those who died in the grenfell tower tragedy five years ago. the remains of the building are close by and visible here on the carnival route. carnival means a lot to us. and grenfell, this is something that is really close to our hearts. grenfell was a tragedy that should have never happened, and. ..we will never forget. the notting hill carnival has been taking place
and on the back, a tombstone with the death toll numbers, and the fact that these people were passing away without names and had become media fodder. in new zealand and many places around the world, unfortunately, many local new zealanders, receiving abuse. the notting hill carnival has returned to the streets of west london for the first time in three years following the pandemic. europe s largest carnival could have up to two million people attending the two day festival. greg mckenzie has the story. welcome to notting hill carnival! the world s second biggest carnival is back, after being cancelled last year and the year before due to the pandemic. the festivities began this morning with a 72 second silence observed to remember those who died in the grenfell tower tragedy five years ago. the remains of the building
which works in our favour but, you know, we re very conscious that there s a question of going beyond that, and we are looking to the future of what those issues and how we can address them, and maintain particularly gardens, traditional gardens that we know, our english garden that we know and love. the world s second biggest carnival is back this weekend it is coming up to half past three right now. the world s second biggest carnival is back this weekend on the streets of west london. millions are expected to gather and celebrate meghan 0wen tells us more. so the silence is finally being broken. it s been three years since carnival has taken to the streets of notting hill and its starting off this year with a fun run to remember the 72 victims of grenfell. now, the community here will be extremely excited to see the carnival back on the streets
which works in our favour but, you know, we re very conscious that there s a question of going beyond that, and we are looking to the future of what those issues and how we can address them, and maintain particularly gardens, traditional gardens that we know, our english garden that we know and love. the world s second biggest carnival is back this weekend on the streets of west london. millions have gathered to celebrate the notting hill carnival for the first time in two years. greg mckenzie tells us more. we are well under way here at the carnival in west london and many more people will have taken to the carnival rate experience of the sound systems. 1 million people by the end of today. today is traditionally known as the children s day, where many are competing for the title of best costume. in terms of carnival, it
and now we re finding there is an opportunity to grow more of these plants outdoors and get them through winters, which works in our favour but, you know, we re very conscious that there s a question of going beyond that, and we are looking to the future of what those issues and how we can address them, and maintain particularly gardens, traditional gardens that we know, our english garden that we know and love. mark jackson from york gate gardens. the notting hill carnival has returned to the streets of west london for the first time in three years following the pandemic. europe s largest carnival could have up to two million people attending the two day festival. greg mckenzie has the story. welcome to notting hill carnival! the world s second biggest carnival is back, after being cancelled last year and the year before due to the pandemic. the festivities began this morning