A person was stabbed five times with a machete at Notting Hill Carnival , the Metropolitan Police said. Some 528 arrests were made at this year's event in total which accounted for the highest number in six years.

Drug offences were the most common form with 167 people arrested, while there were 21 arrests for sexual offences and 55 arrests were made for assaults on police officers. Two of these officers were taken to hospital for treatment - one for a broken nose and the other for a serious bite to the hand. The remainder were not seriously harmed.

A further 50 people were arrested for possession of an offensive weapon. The Met responded to four reports of stabbing or slashing incidents, but none of these resulted in life-threatening injuries. This includes the person who was stabb

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