BFBS Daily Dits

Powerful stories and reflections around Black History Month from the military community in Cyprus. Alice Vickery joins Lauren Mitchell to share an insightful conversation between five members of the military community from different cultures. 🎤 Hear from: Latoya Sutherland – SSAFA Service Lead for ESBA, British Forces Cyprus and military wife Judy Kanda -  Receptionist at Dhekelia Medical Centre and military spouse.  Karen Grace Agyekum- Regional Hive Manager and military spouse Sergeantt Dawda Jawneh – Sexual Health Nurse – RAF Akrotiri Florence Dodoo - SSAFA Health Visitor based in Belgium 🎧 Also - there's a new episode of Sitrep bfbs.com/radio/podcasts   

The Royal British Legion has gone all out to mark 20 years of London Poppy Day. More than 2000 volunteers have been selling poppies across the city's transport hubs.  Lydia Tester joins Lauren from Waterloo Station. 💂 In this episode:Celebrity Traitors Ross Kemp on why today is so important.Collectors take to the River ThamesLydia talks to the head of the Poppy Appeal and a veteran poppy seller.📲 See it all on our socials PLUS Edinburgh Poppy Day!tiktok.com/@yourbfbsinstagram.com/bfbsradiofacebook.com/BFBSRadio

1st Battalion C Company Army Cadets have been put through their paces at a training event.BFBS Northern Ireland’s Rachel Cochrane was there and tells Lauren all about it.🫡 In this Episode Colour Sergeant Campbell explains the skills involved including safe weapon handling.Rachel tries out the shooting simulatorColour Sergeant Georgia Grimison tells Rachel about her shooting experience.📋Tell us what you think about BFBS in our latest survey and you could win some online shopping vouchers 🙌bfbs.com/survey

It's been a busy week in Germany as Curtis Taylor headed out to Exercise Rhino Titan to see 2000 troops put their skills to the test. Lauren asked Curtis all about his week of adventures.  🪂 In this episode:Discover what Exercise Rhino Titan is about with a parachute drop, Task Force Hannible and learning about unmanned devices from the Royal Gurkha Rifles.Meet Brigadier Ed Cartwright, Commander of 16 Air Assault BrigadeHear all the highlights from the week, including military dogs, drones and a pair of serving identical twins📱 Find out moreBFBS Germany🎃Share a scary storySpooky Saturday

Swap the UK autumn weather for the tropical heat of Belize to discover what's happening on Exercise Sailfish.Lauren Mitchell catches up with Toby Pickard as he shares the detail of the major renovation projects the Queen's Gurkha Engineers are taking on.🌿 In this episode:Discover the aircraft hangar renovations to improve facilities at Price BarracksHear how the troops are developing their jungle survival and navigation skillsFind out what it was like spending a night in the jungle, complete with tarantulas, snakes and mountain lions📱Want to see more of the storyBFBS InstagramBFBS Gurkha Instagram📻 Listen to BFBS on your smart speakerBFBS Alexa skill