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		</div><p>An intense security operation is in place as the Notting Hill Carnival gets under way.<br />
The two-day west London festival, taking place in the shadow of the burnt-out Grenfell Tower, will see thousands of police officers on the streets.</p>
<p>Steel barriers, concrete blocks and weapons checks are some of the measures being used to help protect the world-famous carnival from the threat of a Barcelona-style terror incident as well as acid attacks.</p>
<p>Police said there is no specific counter-terrorism intelligence but security plans had been &#8220;thoroughly reviewed&#8221; following the attack in the Spanish city earlier this month, in which 15 people died after being hit by a van.</p>
<p>Officers will be stationed around the perimeter of the carnival zone, carrying out checks for weapons and corrosive substances, following a controversial three-week crackdown to reduce criminality at the event.<br />
They also plan to use facial recognition technology, which will help the force spot those thought to be likely to cause trouble.</p>
<p>Overall policing numbers will stay the same as last year, with around six to seven thousand officers on duty each day. Hundreds of hand-drawn tributes, flowers and candles laid in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire will be protected by fencing, while a &#8220;ring of care&#8221; will be formed around the tower by police officers to protect the Lancaster West estate from the hundreds of thousands of passing carnival-goers.</p>
<p>Local MP Emma Dent Coad, who has said the carnival is needed this year more than ever, will give a speech on Sunday morning as the celebration opens with a multi-faith prayer and release of doves in remembrance of the dead. Performers passing the blackened high-rise have been encouraged to lower their music volume and walk respectfully in memory of those who died in the inferno.</p>
<p>At 3pm on both days hundreds of thousands of revellers along the route are expected to pause and observe a minute&#8217;s silence to mark the tragedy, in which at least 80 people died. Organisers are encouraging attendees to wear or accessorise in &#8220;green for Grenfell&#8221; in a display of &#8220;reverence and respect amidst the revelry&#8221;.</p>
<p>There will be a reflection zone near the tower and posters have been put up asking the public not to take photographs &#8220;at the site of our great loss&#8221; &#8211; an activity which has distressed locals since the fire two months ago.</p>
<p>Police said a dedicated area would be put in place for people to leave tributes without obstructing the carnival flow.</p>
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