Nedeľný pochod bol vyvrcholením najväčšej pouličnej party v Británii - každoročného Karnevalu v Notting Hill. Farbami hýriaci sprievod alegorických vozov, hudobných skupín a tanečníkov sa prepletal cez zaplnené ulice v západnom Londýne. Medzi účastníkmi karnevalu bola aj naša spravodajkyňa Lesley Ashmallová:

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More people than ever have taken part - fifty-thousand in all. They've danced and strutted for hours in the heat and delighted the crowds. Risabelle is ten years old.

RISABELLE
"I think the carnival's really good because you see all people in costumes and they're really good."

But partygoers think the crowd is thinner. At its peak, a million people crammed onto the streets over the two-day festival. Yesterday two-hundred-thousand came for the children's carnival and the police think about half-a-million people are here today. Alisha, who's been coming here for years, thinks she knows why people have stayed away.

ALISHA
"It's not as busy as when I last come, it's not as busy. I suppose it's what's been happening in July, so that's why people are a bit afraid. But I'm like, police are here, I pay my tax for a reason."

Organisers conceded this could have affected numbers, but say it hasn't spoiled the party. Louis Benn is one of the directors.

LOUIS BENN
"With the unfortunate incidents of seven-seven, it has had an impact on people's lives throughout London, but I would say that by looking at the show of people that's come out today from all ethnic backgrounds, across the board, it just goes to show that Londoners will not be beaten by these people."

There have been scores of people arrested for drunken behaviour but overall the police think it's been a good-humoured event and for the hundreds of silver butterflies, the gold lamé-clad gladiators, and even the man with the world on his shoulder, the sequinned papier-mâché version of course, the carnival is a party well worth coming to.

Lesley Ashmall, BBC News

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the crowd is thinner
dav je menší

peak
vrchol, najvyšší bod

conceded
uznali

spoiled the party
(ne) pokazilo party

the unfortunate incidents of seven-seven
nešťastné incidenty zo 7.7. - bombové útoky v Londýne 7. júla

from all ethnic backgrounds, across the board
z každého etnika; ak použijete slovné spojenie 'across the board', znamená to, že niečo sa týka všetkých v určitej skupine

will not be beaten by these people
nenechajú sa týmito ľuďmi (zodpovednými za útoky 7. júla) poraziť

scores
obrovské množstvo

a good-humoured event
udalosť v príjemnej nálade, veselá

silver butterflies, the gold lamé-clad gladiators
(ľudia oblečení ako) strieborné motýle, gladiátori oblečení v zlatom lesklom materiáli