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Phil Williams: 14/04/2015

14/04/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - Phil Williams, 14/04/2015

Candi Staton pays tribute to Percy Sledge, plus Noddy Holder on his days fronting Slade.

The big stories of the day, plus the latest news and sport. Candi Staton pays tribute to Percy Sledge, plus Noddy Holder on his days fronting Slade.

Acclaimed US singer & recording artist Candi Staton pays tribute to her friend, the late legendary soul singer Percy Sledge: "He was a legend here and all over the world."

Slade frontman Noddy Holder looks back at his days fronting the band, their enduring musical influence and popularity with artists including Oasis, and his Black Country take on kipper ties.

Editor of the Spectator Fraser Nelson and the New Statesman's deputy editor Helen Lewis give their reaction to the launch of the Conservative election manifesto, after David Cameron sets out the Tory vision for the next five years.

The head of the Italian Red Cross in Sicily explains how they are trying to help refugees arriving in Italy, after around 400 migrants are thought to have drowned in the Mediterranean when their boat capsized on the crossing from Libya.

Louise Cooper explains the concept of deflation after the UK economy narrowly avoids falling into negative inflation for the first time in over half a century.

Manchester Thunder netball coach Tracey Neville explains why she's got the likes of Paul Scholes and her brothers Gary and Phil involved in a spoof Is This the Way to Amarillo video ahead of the team's crucial clash with Hertfordshire Mavericks in the semi-final of the Superleague.

Astronomer and midnight space expert Mark Thompson takes listeners' questions on all things space science-related, discusses the latest on the Large Hadron Collider, and explains dark matter in a nutshell.

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