The Notting Hill Carnival will not go ahead this year if social distancing measures remain in place, the organiser has said.
Matthew Phillip, chief executive of Notting Hill Carnival Ltd, believes social distancing would be devastating for Europe s biggest street party, which was forced online last year for the first time in its 54-year history due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Phillip told MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which is looking at the cultural and economic impact on the UK s music festivals: For Carnival weekend specifically, it would pose a very big problem.
Notting Hill Carnival organiser Matthew Phillip told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee that social distancing would be devastating for the carnival if rules remain this year