Overview

• The Met says around one million people are expected in west London over the bank holiday weekend.
• Pre-event operations led to more than 100 arrests, 21 prison recalls and the seizure of 11 firearms and over 40 knives.
• Officers will use live facial recognition on routes in and out of the area plus screening arches, CCTV and enhanced stop-and-search.
• Organisers secured roughly £958,000 from City Hall and two councils after ministers declined funding, with the chair saying the event came very close to not happening.
• Police have tightened their stance on Temporary Event Notices, citing Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley’s extreme concerns about unmanaged pinch points.