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Notting Hill Carnival 'overwhelmingly positive' despite 169 arrests
Sky News and GB News describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedThe Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, is under way and is expected to attract millions of visitors to west London.
The headline splitSky News frames it as "Notting Hill Carnival 'overwhelmingly positive' despite 169 arrests". GB News frames it as "Notting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 after knife assaults and sex offences".
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Right / center-rightNotting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 on day one of festival: Revellers held over drugs, weapons and sex offences
Notting Hill Carnival police arrest 169 after knife assaults and sex offences
The Metropolitan Police has arrested at least 169 on the first day of Notting Hill Carnival. As of 7.45pm on Sunday, the arrests had been made for offences including possession of drugs, po...
