Around the British Forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week ? violence flares in Basra and Baghdad between Iraqi government forces and militias ? military bosses are told they?ll have to abandon new equipment plans to keep costs under control ? teachers oppose school visits by the armed forces ? a deal to replace ageing tanker and trooper aircraft .. and recognition at last for the wartime Bevin Boys.

The Iraq war enquiry - is the Government running scared and is it a political fix?

Around the British Forces World in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - marking the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion ... hundreds of Gurkha veterans demonstrate at Westminster for the right to live in the UK ... a review's launched into the Reserve forces ... the Princess Royal joins the Irish Guards on St Patrick's Day ... and the Royal Air Force launches its 90th anniversary celebrations

A special edition of Sitrep looking at mental health in the services and among those who are no longer serving & their families

Around the British forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with
John Adderley. This week – the cost of military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan almost doubles … praise for military nurses in theatre …
criticism over the loss of thousands of military ID cards … one of the
biggest bases in Northern Ireland shuts its gates … the latest state of
the art battlefield kit on display … and a fresh push to ban soldiers
from wearing bearskins.

How do we stop a Westminster fanatic sending us to war?

Your weekly roundup of Service news

Cyprus the past & the future

Around the British Forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - it's revealed Prince Harry has spent the past ten weeks on the front line in Afghanistan .... concern as more than a third of infantry recruits drop out of basic training ... the Government's ordered to release details of discussions leading to the Iraq invasion ... and soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment train Gambian soldiers who are off to Darfur.