linton kwesijohnson, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. so you were 11 when you came over from jamaica in 1963 tojoin your mother, who was already working here. how formative was that experience for you? it was a bit of a shock when i arrived. it wasn t what i had expected. in my childhood imagination, you know, you literally imagine the street of london paved with gold and palaces and carriages with kings and queens and that sort of thing. well, it has that sometimes! they chuckle. so it took a bit of getting used to. but when you re young, it s easier to adjust to a new environment than when you re old. and once i started school, you know, i settled down and, um. i did rather well at school because the education i had injamaica i went to an elementary school was in some ways superior to what i was confronted with at my secondary school, tulse hill secondary school. for example, they didn t teach grammar in english, which i did injamaica. mm hm. and it took a couple o
britain? linton kwesijohnson, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. so you were 11 when you came overfrom jamaica in 1963 tojoin your mother, who was already working here. how formative was that experience for you? it was a bit of a shock when i arrived. it wasn t what i had expected. in my childhood imagination, you know, you literally imagine the street of london paved with gold and palaces and carriages with kings and queens and that sort of thing. well, it has that sometimes! they chuckle. so it took a bit of getting used to. but when you re young, it s easier to adjust to a new environment than when you re old. and once i started school, you know, i settled down and, um. i did rather well at school because the education i had injamaica i went to an elementary school was in some ways superior to what i was confronted with at my secondary school, tulse hill secondary school. for example, they didn t teach grammar in english, which i did injamaica. mm hm. and it took a
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Between uncomfortable and oppressive right now and it will stay that way. The humidity will stay high for much of the week, even if the heat starts to tail off a little bit tomorrow and especially on wednesday. We do have that air quality alert in effect until 11 00 p. M. And this type of really stagnant, hot, humid air mass a lot of ground level censor and par tick ozone and particulate in the air. Radar satellite shows a couple of thunderstorms did develop but they weaken have one developed over the bronx over the gw bridge for a while and then that moved off to the east and a couple of little showers over in Monmouth County new jersey trying to provide a little bit of relief. The first heatwave in central park in over two years since july of 2013. This was our third consecutive day and we are going to extend the heatwave into tomorrow. Wont be quite as hot but you want to stay in air conditioned places if you can. If you cant, stay hydrated and avoid heavy exertion outside. Eventual
Borisjohnson intervenes again in the Brexit Debate calling for a strict time limit on any transition deal. Ukips new leader henry bolton addresses his Party Conference in torquay saying Mass Immigration is harming British Culture and overwhelming public services. A mans been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young girl was dropped from a bridge into a river in bolton. Now on bbc news sir viv richards, sir wes hall and david lloyd recall the impact west indian players made on the Lancashire Cricket League over the last 90 years. This is a story about small white towns and the biggest black stars. We are talking about the best players in the world. These guys were clamouring to come and play in Lancashire League cricket. When east meets west. Rainy east lancashire meeting the sunny west indies. What a marvellous stroke. For the biggest name ever to play in the Lancashire League, it was a welcome to match. It was a special time in a home away from home. A story that starts