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Bridgitte finds out why a Sikh man is enduring a week long hunger strike in Reading

Trusted local breakfast news, information, advice and Make A Difference for Sunday.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent and the emergence of India and Pakistan as independent nation-states. Bridgitte chats with VJ Gupta from Slough who shares his memories of living through partition. Brahbdeep Singh is enduring a very public, week long hunger strike outside of Reading Railway Station, Bridgitte finds out why. Plus how is climate change and drought affecting 10 cities around the world? Mary Friel from Christian Aid has the answers and there's also advice on how to look after fairer complexions in the searing heat from Alice Davies, Health Information Manager at Cancer Research UK.

4 hours

Music Played

  • All Souls Orchestra, Paul Baloche, Martin Smith & Graham Kendrick

    10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)

    • Integrity.
  • Matt Redman

    Heart of Worship (When The Music Fades)

    • $best Worship Songs - Ever!.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 01.
  • Y Friday

    Strength Will Rise (Everlasting God)

    • Indie Rocks.
  • Kendall Payne

    Closer To Myself

    • $Simply Impossible.
    • ALLIANCE.
    • 10.
  • King's College Cambridge Choir

    Be Thou My Vision

    • Best Loved Hymns.
    • EMI.
    • 09.
  • Wallingford Parish Church Choir

    Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind

    • The Hymns Album.
    • DECCA.
    • 07.
  • Delirious?

    I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever

    • $i Could Sing Of Your Love Forever.
    • KINGSWAY MUSIC.
    • 01.
  • Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans

    Count On Me

    • Count On Me.
    • ARISTA.
    • 01.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

    • Best Of Hall & Oates.
    • RCA.
    • 11.
  • Harry Styles

    Late Night Talking

    • Columbia.
  • Thompson Twins

    Hold Me Now

    • Now That's What I Call Music 1983.
    • NOW.
    • 01.
  • Bob Marley & Chineke! Orchestra

    Satisfy My Soul

    • Island Records.
  • Cyndi Lauper

    True Colors

    • Hits 5.
    • CBS.
    • 01.
  • 10cc

    The Things We Do for Love

    • 10cc's Greatest Hits.
    • MERCURY.
    • 15.
  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson Number Ones.
    • EPIC.
    • 01.
  • Calvin Harris

    Stay With Me (feat. Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell Williams)

    • Columbia.
  • UB40

    Kingston Town

    • Now 17.
    • NOW.
    • 01.
  • Two Door Cinema Club

    Wonderful Life

    • Lower Third / PIAS.
  • Will Young

    Leave Right Now

    • Leave Right Now (cd Single).
    • BMG.
    • 01.
  • John Farnham

    You're The Voice

    • Power Ballads 2.
    • EMI.
    • 04.
  • Belinda Carlisle

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

    • Now That's What I Call Music 11.
    • NOW.
    • 02.
  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Tears Roll Down (greatest Hits 82-92).
    • FONTANA.
    • 02.
  • Doja Cat

    Say So

    • Say So.
    • RCA.
    • 01.
  • Sigala & Talia Mar

    Stay The Night

    • Ministry Of Sound.
  • Black Eyed Peas

    Where Is The Love?

    • Now That's What I Call Music 56.
    • NOW.
    • 01.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Stuck With You

    • Now That's What I Call Music 8.
    • NOW.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Aug 2022 06:00