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Watchdog and Great Job Wednesday!

Chris speaks to Watchdog's Steph McGovern ahead of the new series and for Great Job Wednesday we hear from Kat Campbell-Charters of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

Chris speaks to Watchdog's Steph McGovern ahead of the new series on 成人快手 One. For Great Job Wednesday we hear from Kat Campbell-Charters about being a Gun Battery Sergeant in The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery. In the sports locker, Vassos speaks to former Olympic skeleton champion Amy Williams about driving against him in the Silverstone Classic and Senior Rabbi Julia Neuberger reads today's Pause For Thought. Today's show is dedicated to everyone hosting an open air event!

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  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    LovE is LovE is LovE

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • AC/DC

    Thunderstruck

    • (CD Single).
    • ATCO Records.
    • 420.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • Bryan Adams

    You Belong To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Ariana Grande

    One Last Time

    • My Everything.
    • Republic Records.

  • Coldplay

    Charlie Brown

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Sugababes

    Freak Like Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Procol Harum

    A Whiter Shade Of Pale

    • Procol Harum.
    • Esoteric Recordings.
    • 011.

  • Rita Ora

    Your Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Alice Cooper

    School's Out

    • Sounds Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Adele

    Rumour Has It

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Madonna

    Beautiful Stranger

    • Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
    • Maverick.
    • 13.

  • George Ezra

    Don't Matter Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Blossoms

    Blown Rose

    • Blossoms.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 007.

  • Squeeze

    Hourglass

    • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
    • Universal/A&M.

  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love

    • Music Of The Year: 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Universal-Island Records.

  • David Christie

    Saddle Up

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Prestige.
    • 5.

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Wildwood Kin

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Faithless

    Insomnia

    • Now 35 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Martine McCutcheon

    Say I'm Not Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Gene Vincent

    Be Bop A Lula

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Hurts

Pause For Thought

From Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue

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I remember being furious when school prefects told me to do things without explaining why. 鈥淏ecause I said so!鈥� It鈥檚 infuriating to deal with that attitude. Yet the story of a man called Korach, which we read in synagogue last weekend, tells us what happens if we don鈥檛 obey.

Moses, the great leader of the Jewish people, 听was extremely autocratic, and Korach and his henchmen led a rebellion against him. Moses couldn鈥檛 cope with his authority being challenged. Ultimately we are told, God intervened and threatened to annihilate all the Israelites, because they鈥檇 supported Korach and his rebels.

Moses begged God not to punish everyone. But then he told the Israelites that they could judge for themselves whether or not he was really God鈥檚 servant. 听If Korach and his henchmen were to die of natural causes then he wasn鈥檛 God鈥檚 servant - but if God caused the earth to swallow them up, then these men had spurned God.

Just as Moses finished speaking, the earth opened and swallowed up Korach and his rebels and the Israelites fled in terror. 听Moses鈥� authority was proven. 鈥淏ecause I said so鈥� had won.

However most of us, these days, think our prefects, our parents and our leaders should explain themselves. Moses had to deal with many rebellions from the Israelites in the wilderness, but his frustration and anger eventually came to be seen as serious character flaws.

I would not accept a leader鈥檚 鈥渂ecause I said so!鈥� as an argument any more than the Israelites did. And I鈥檇 find a leader鈥檚 fury at being challenged hard to take. But perhaps the message is that we ought to learn to calm the situation down, still asking the hard questions, whilst being sympathetic to a frazzled Moses, or any other leader, at the same time.

This story of Moses and Korach challenges me to learn to manage difficult situations, and fragile egos, sensitively. I wish I could have helped Moses have greater patience with his troublesome flock. I鈥檇 like to learn to help present day leaders, parents, or prefects keep calm and carry on. No-one needs to lose their temper. But sometimes being challenged continually can be infuriating. I鈥檇 like this story to remind me to control my own frustrations, as well as to help others stay calm in trying times. As long as they don鈥檛 say 鈥淏ecause I said so鈥�.鈥澨�

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