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Sara is joined by McFly's Danny Jones as he's returning as a judge in the brand new series of The Voice Kids.

Sara is joined by McFly's Danny Jones, ahead of the new series of The Voice Kids, and also tells us about his debut solo single Is This Still Love. Instead of hearing your early achievements, you tell us where you will be at 7pm this evening instead of watching the World Cup Semi-Final - reasons include aerial yoga, brutal bootcamps and canine security! You tell us about your rowdy wedding songs and we kick-off your wonderful Wednesday with a Half Wower filled with tunes from Wham!, Chaka Khan and Led Zeppelin. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by Â鶹ԼÅÄ 5 Live commentator Ian Dennis live from Russia, who's eaten his bus ticket to increase the chances of England winning! Plus Reverend Matt Woodcock provides the daily Pause For Thought.

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Wed 11 Jul 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Jason Mraz

    Have It All

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Jennifer Hudson

    Remember Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Cheat Codes & Little Mix

    Only You

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.

  • Elkie Brooks

    Pearl's A Singer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 001.

  • The Feeling

    Love It When You Call

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • The Stargazers

    The Happy Wanderer

  • Kylie Minogue

    Golden

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds

    Three Lions

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Prince

    The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

    • (CD Single).
    • NPG RECORDS.

  • Kula Shaker

    Hush

    • Kula Shaker - Kollected: The Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • Wham!

    I'm Your Man

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Rihanna

    Only Girl (In The World)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 77 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • The Wannadies

    You And Me Song

    • Hollywood Cool (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Kim Wilde

    Birthday

    • Here Come The Aliens.
    • Wildeflower Records.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • Portugal. The Man

    Feel It Still

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • U2

    Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (Beck Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Danny Jones

    Is It Still Love

    • Danny Jones.

  • Rod Stewart

    Ooh La La

    • Rod Stewart - The Story So Far.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Ray LaMontagne

    Trouble

    • (CD Single).
    • Echo.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Cry Pretty

    • Cry Pretty.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Crowded House

    Don't Dream It's Over

    • Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
    • Capitol.

  • Plan B

    She Said

    • The Defamation Of Strickland Banks.
    • Atlantic.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Matt Woodcock, Church of England Pioneer Minister and Mission Supporter in the Diocese of York:


Well, I’ve only been in my new church a few months and, rather embarrassingly, I’ve already had a noise complaint.   It was fair enough, though. In hindsight my enthusiastic commentary on that game of British Bulldogs did not need amplification.  Microphone levels need careful monitoring when I’m in front of one – except when I’m here of course.

The collective sound of hearing aids being turned down has become all too familiar during my sermons.   And ministering at nursing homes, hospital wards and even riotous toddler groups, I’m forever getting shushed. I’ve always had a natural instinct to interact with people at great volume. I’d make a terrible librarian.   At school, my big mouth generated countless detentions, scathing reports and constant visits to the head’s office.  

In one science lesson, my cacophonous clowning turned a quiet, elderly supply teacher into a screaming, red-faced wreck.  He shouted so loudly at me to be quiet that his false teeth flew out of his mouth and clattered across the classroom.   The memory of the poor guy trying to restore order without his gnashers in, still haunts me.

In fact, the only person who consistently managed to hush me for any length of time, was my late spiritual director. A wonderful nun called Sister Cecilia. Visits to her convent were like a sacred spa day.  Guided by her soft, soothing voice and wise counsel, I’d learn to turn off the noise and let the discipline of stillness and silence restore me.  Drawing on the wisdom of the great Christian mystics, Cecilia taught me about the ‘Prayer of Quiet’.  

Moments to experience God in a deep and meaningful way, but in a distinctly quiet way too - that went beyond words.  In his divine mountainside encounter, the prophet Elijah heard God not in the mighty wind, the earthquake or roaring fire - but in the sound of ‘a gentle whisper’.
So I’m learning that sometimes in the midst of my noisy life, making space to turn down the volume can be transformative. Having said that, there will be no gentle whispers tonight.  When I watch England play Croatia, I plan to be as loud as is humanly possible.  And no offence to the memory of my wonderful nun, but my prayers, too, will be anything but quiet ones.

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