Notting Hill Carnival taken off streets due to Covid-19 for second year

The organisers of the Notting Hill Carnival have announced the event on August 29 and 30 will not take place on the streets due to the “ongoing uncertainty and risk Covid-19 poses.” In a statement released on Friday the board of Notting Hill Carnival Ltd said: “Everyone involved in the event desperately wants a return to the road where Carnival belongs but safety has to come first and with the latest cautious announcement on the government’s ‘roadmap’, this is the only way to ensure that.” The delay to July 19 of step four of the roadmap, known as “freedom day”, including the easing of restrictions on social contact and large events, means there is “so much uncertainty” and makes “the risk of eventual cancellation a real possibility”, they said. Carnival, which was forced online last year due to the pandemic, is normally attended by around two million people. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo... Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube:    / @thelondonstandard