The panel look back at the events in 2006 and whether 2007 will be more of the same

It's the best of the week's news and entertainment on BFBS Radio Two
with John Adderley. This week - demands for an apology after an inquest
hears a British soldier died in Iraq days after handing back his body
armour due to shortages ... Conservative leader David Cameron’s views
on Middle East policy ...  an early Christmas present for Combat Stress
...a padre’s view on the festive season away from family and friends
... drawing a line under 2006 with this year’s Schott’s almanac ...
and Julian Clary’s Christmas.

The 2006 SSAFA Forces Help Carol Concert.  A glittering evening of Carols and readings recorded in The Guards Chapel, London.

Has Blair given Britain more enemies than before?

It's the best of the week's news and entertainment on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - the highest awards given for gallantry ... how the Apache helicopter is coping in Afghanistan ... more evidence manpower levels in the forces are too low ... another blow for bereaved parents seeking an inquiry into the Iraq war ... a formal launch for the British Armed Forces Federation ... top writing tips for the Army's poetry competition ... and we catch up with singer Catherine Jenkins who's been entertaining troops in Basra.

Why can't we be bothered about Africa?

The British Armed Forces Federation has been formally launched.  The organisation is intended to give serving sailors, soldiers and airmen more of a voice within the chain of command.  It’s founder Douglas Young joins Glen...

It's the best of the week's news and entertainment on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - stinging criticism of the way the armed forces are run from the former head of the Army ... claims the Army's deliberately targeting deprived young people in Wales for recruitment ..  the Government announces the future for nuclear submarines .. a big investment in pilotless ground attack aircraft .. improved accommodation opens in Colchester ... G4 on their new album ... and the world whistling champion.

The MOD have announced that every building in defence ALL OVER THE WORLD will be smoke free from 0600 local on the 31st of this month.

Chris Williams is a director of Defence Medical Services and he joins Glen...

Tony Blair's gone to Washington. Gone to get his instructions or to
really make a difference

It's the best of the week's news and entertainment on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - more talk of a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq ... disappointment for Royal Marines in Afghanistan missing out on a big pay boost ...  model Nell McAndrew helps dispatch this year's Christmas boxes to troops abroad ... an insight into life as Princess Diana's royal protection officer ... Masterchefs show off in Cyprus ... actor Graham Starke on working with Peter Sellers ... Martin Clunes recalls Men Behaving Badly .. and a tribute to former BFBS DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman.

If NATO can't deliver on Afghanistan, then what's it for?
Nato that is...