Shadow defence minister Gerald Howarth talks of the delay to Britain's new aircraft carriers

Veronica Lie from UNA talks to Glen about the UN's 6oth birthday

TA L/Cpl David Hart is helping to launch this year's appeal...

John Adderley presents the best of the week's news and interviews on BFBS Radio Two. This week * the Iraqi referendum and Saddam Hussein's trial ... mounting anticipation of an announcement on a replacement for Trident * why soldiers who smoke in Northern Ireland will soon be out in the cold * we meet the former Grenadier Guard who's bidding to set a blind speed skiing record * the climax to Trafalgar 200 celebrations in Portsmouth * and music from Matt Monro Junior, celebrating his father's legacy.

Tabitha Cuniffe from the Electoral Commision talks to Glen

Glen talks to Sue Smith ahead of her Downing St. protest...

Kate Hudson, chair of CND, talks to Glen about UK's nuclear capability.

This week * the UK's response to the devastation caused by the earthquake in Pakistan * the Ministry Of Defence is accused of wasting billions through equipment delays and cancellations ... further payouts to British civilians held captive by the Japanese in the 2nd world war are condemned as derisory * Whickers War * the veteran journalist talks about his world war two experiences in Italy * anchors away at the final dive to the site of the Mary Rose * Gyles Brandreth's portrait of Charles and Camilla's love affair * and how BFBS Radio Two revealed the name of the new James Bond.

BFBS Forces Action editor, Colin Livingstone explains the problem....

BFBS reporter, Susie Ferguson reports from Westminster...

Glen talks to Ron Bridge, chairman of the Association of British Civilian Internees in the Far East

Sitrep presenter Christopher Lee talks about planned troop cuts in Iraq

A deadline has been set for the end of signing...

It's the best of the week's British forces news and interviews presented by John Adderley. This week former tabloid newspaper editor Piers Morgan defends the fake photos which apparently showed British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners; concerns that weapons from Iran may have been used to kill British soldiers in Iraq; why Sunni voters may not have a say in next weekend's vote on the Iraqi referendum; President Putin hands out medals to the Royal Navy team who came to the aid of stricken Russian submariners stuck on the seabed; the countdown to Trafalgar Day picks up pace; and music from Katrina - now without the Waves.

Marc Tyley talks to Dave Raven, Angela Bachfeld and Steve Walton from the National Franchise exhibition at NEC, Birmingham.

Piers defends his publishing of the photographs of alleged military abuse in Iraq in the Daily Mirror