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As culture shocks go, they were pretty seismic. When rising US soul sensation Jalen Ngonda first left his Maryland home to study music in Liverpool in 2014, he flew via Dublin, where he required a 24-hour stopover. “I’d never seen vast amounts of Irish people, going from, like, a black and Latino neighbourhood in Maryland to seeing just white people. That’s a shock but in a very inviting way,” the 32-year-old explains. “I just felt so enamoured. I was, like, ‘Oh man, I’m in a different part of the world. I’m out of America.’”

Three of the theatres are facing redevelopment plans to be turned into places of worship

Niva Yadav

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Four London theatres are at risk of closure, redevelopment, or demolition, according to the Theatres Trust At Risk Register.

Second spectacular thunderstorm in a week hits London amid record-breaking heatwave

Matt Watts, News Editor

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London was hit by a dramatic thunderstorm in the early of hours of this morning with lightning strikes seen across the capital.

Photos and videos posted online showed lightning peppering the capital shortly after 4am.

Spectacular storms battered London overnight, waking thousands as torrential rain sparked flash floods

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Spectacular thunderstorms swept across London overnight, causing thousands of lightning strikes and flash flooding.

The storms battered the capital for more than two hours, waking thousands from their sleep as torrential rain filled roads with water.

A pedestrian who was hit by a Metropolitan Police van as she crossed the road has settled a legal claim against the force for £1.3 million.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was hit by the van responding to an emergency call as she crossed a road in Streatham, south London, in 2019.

Giles Mooney KC, for the woman, told the High Court on Tuesday his client suffered serious head injuries in the collision and is now cared for by her family.

Headteachers argue the use of the schools will cause disruption to pupil’s learning and force parents to find alternative childcare arrangements

Megan Howe

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Two London primary schools have hit out being used as polling stations for an upcoming by-election only weeks after they had to close for the local elections.

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Tube strikes cancelled - but Londoners are set to be hit by two more 24-hour walkouts in June

Tube strikes cancelled - but Londoners to be hit by two more walkouts

Why Liverpool did not appoint Xabi Alonso as new Arne Slot sack decision made

Why Liverpool did not appoint Alonso as new Slot sack decision made

The Metropolitan Police has released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a rape attack in Streatham, south London.

The attack took place at 5:30am outside Gaumont Place on May 12. The attack was not reported at the time, but was captured on CCTV. The police were made aware the following day.

The man has been described as black, of medium build, and in his early 30s.