LONDON, October 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Military personnel from naval forces in the UK, India, US, Turkey, Italy, Sweden, Philippines and Netherlands will gather at Defence

By DOMINIC JEFF Herald Reporter There will be plenty of flag waving at the annual musical extravaganza organised by 29 Commando at the Royal Citadel. Organisers of Music of the Night are promising a huge line-up of show-stopping numbers for the event in July.

TALENTED young musicians from secondary schools across Wolverhampton will join forces with HM Royal Marines Band Scotland for a spectacular gala concert. The event takes place next Tuesday, at 7.30pm, at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Weeks of preparation have been going on ahead of the show.

By Helen Collis Youngsters in Somerset have been helping to decorate a newly opened school which was previously occupied by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

Fifteen Royal Navy sailors and marines held captive by Iran returned home Thursday to a nation relieved at their freedom but also outraged that they were used by Tehran's propaganda machine.