Viking FM has been given extensive access to soldiers from Hull and East Yorkshire serving on the frontline in Iraq.

 

Our reporter Adam Westbrook has spent time with them on patrol in Basra and Baghdad, finding out how the country has changed and asking whether it's any safer than it was two years ago.

 


 

Exclusive video: soldiers on patrol in Baghdad

100 soldiers from Hull and East Yorkshire are based in a small camp in Baghdad. See for yourself what it's like going on patrol in the city in this exclusive video report. [more]

Exclusive video: Tigers fans in Iraq

Exclusive video: Tigers fans in Iraq

Meet the die hard Hull City fans who don't let serving in a war zone get in the way of following Phil Brown and the Tigers. [more]


Viking FM in Iraq: Listen Again

Viking FM in Iraq: Listen Again

Missed Viking FM's week of special reports from Iraq? Click here to listen to the reports from each day. [more]


Exclusive audio interview

Exclusive audio interview

Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Price is the man in charge of the 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment in Iraq. Click here to listen to an exclusive interview with him about the British mission there. [more]


 

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