Woman gives birth at Notting Hill Carnival while crowd sings ‘she’s had a baby’

The woman was safely rushed to hospital (Picture: PA/Getty/EPA)

A woman has given birth to a baby at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival as people and paramedics rushed to help.

Emergency services were called to the area in west London on Sunday at 6.45pm.

Videos posted online show police assisting a woman, with cheers in the background from the crowd saying: ‘She’s had a baby’, MyLondon reports.

A London Ambulance spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 6.45pm on Sunday August 28 to reports of a person in labour within the footprint of Notting Hill Carnival.

‘We treated an adult and baby at the scene and took them to hospital as a priority.’

It is not known whether the woman was attending the carnival or not.

Carnival is back in full swing this year (Picture: Reuters) Millions turned up for carnival in west London (Picture: EPA) Colourful costumes, singing and dancing are all a central theme of carnival (Picture: EPA) The main parade takes place today (Picture: Getty Images)

Island princess posted on Twitter: ‘I hope the woman who gave birth at Notting Hill Carnival is safe and well and her baby is doing well. That could have been a stress induced premature Labour and maybe she didn’t expect to.’

More than a million have attended this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, which concludes today and is held annually every August bank holiday.

It is the first time it has been held in person since 2019 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which put the famous event on hold in 2020 and 2021.

Celebrations are held between Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park and expands into the areas of Kensington and Notting Hill.

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The music, dancing food and drink is rooted in Caribbean culture, influenced by the Windrush generation who largely settled in the Notting Hill area when they moved over.

Rhaune Laslett set up the carnival to celebrate its rich cultural diversity.

After 55 years, it is now the second biggest carnival in the world, behind that of Rio’s in Brazil.

Meanwhile, a bus shelter collapsed after people were seen dancing on it, with two people requiring medical treatment.

The Met said there had been 76 arrests as of 7am this morning.

An investigation has also been launched after the sudden death of a police horse which was on patrol at the carnival on Sunday.

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