A 16-year-old boy arrested after a man was stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival remained in custody today.

Hundreds of thousands of Londoners and tourists enjoyed a peaceful start to the Notting Hill Carnival yesterday amid a heavy police presence and an early finish to deter troublemakers.

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With music festivals now a major part of the summer calendar, the acts booked are on an increasingly international scale.

One man was killed and two other people were injured by gunfire at a pub in Bristol shortly after the end of a carnival attended by tens of thousands of revellers.

Pimm's the word at capital show's fifth-year party

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Last year it was voted best overseas festival at the UK Festival Awards, meaning 2011 certainly had some big ski boots to fill.

Critics often complain that Ballets Russes's revivals are inauthentic. A century on, many works by the world's most influential ballet company have been lost or smudged. Most complaints concern steps and designs. This season of Diaghilev tributes adds "giant glitterball snake that shoots green lasers" to the list.

Hindus in India celebrate Lath mar Holi, the festival of colour heralding Spring, by covering themselves in bright pigments.

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Nearly three-quarters of recruitment agencies are expecting a shortage of temporary agency workers over the Christmas period, with logistics and care likely to be the sectors that suffer the most.