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Rob Dunger: Night Shelters, Sikhism celebrations, the People's Passion and lighting up Suffolk's churches.

Night Shelters, Sikhism celebrations, the People's Passion and lighting up Suffolk's churches.

BBC Radio Suffolk - Rob Dunger, Night Shelters, Sikhism celebrations, the People's Passion and lighting up Suffolk's churches.

The Ipswich Winter Night Shelter looks to run for longer, and remembering the Titanic.

Organisers of the Ipswich Winter Night Shelter say next time they want to run for a full three months and are looking to become a registered charity.

Zoe Dean shares her experience of the pilot project which ran from mid December to the start of February, with churches working together to provide 12 beds each night of the week.


A project to light up Suffolk's churches for the Olympics has won an award

SUFFOLK Shines will see historic churches floodlit in the colours of London 2012 for the arrival of the Olympic flame in July.

It has won a coveted Inspire Mark award.


You can hear how the Pakefield Singers got on with their People's Passion performance over the Easter weekend.

For the first time 154 choirs from across the country joined together in rehearsing and performing a brand new piece of music with BBC Radio 4 and local radio.

Groups in Melton and Raydon were also in fine voice.


Paul Wendon-Blixrud tells Rob why he's one of eight cyclists from Suffolk and Essex, about to embark on the challenge of cycling from John-O-Groats to lands end

He's a counsellor at the Suffolk Young People's health Project (4YP).

"The young people 4YP help are the forgotten ones, and if we can raise some money to help 4YP help them, then it will all be worth it. Our pain is short lived, the young people's is often long term."

Rob also finds out why it's been a big weekend for Suffolk's Sikhs, there's reaction to the Grand National after two horses died in yesterday's race, and the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is remembered.

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