As soldiers, sailors and airmen have returned from their time in the Gulf, so have reporters from the Regional Press Corps.

The group was made up of named journalists on standby and registered with the Newspaper Society, which organised their trips to different parts of the Gulf.

Several military units had requested that their local newspaper was positioned with them during the conflict.

For Richard Edwards, a reporter from Western Daily Press, the return home came as a bit of a shock to the system.

He said: "It was quite strange to come back, I prepared myself before leaving for Iraq, but I didn't prepare to go home - you presume you'll just fit right back into things.

"I had to get used to sleeping in a bed and eating food with a knife and fork again."

Richard, (23), along with photographer Jon Mills, was embedded with the 42 Commando of the Royal Marines, and said he felt his age worked in his favour with the troops.

He said: "I was easily the youngest reporter there, and I think they could relate to me more because I was the same age as them."

One experience that stood out for him was a walk with ITN's Bill Neely, when they were separated from the troops, and ended up in the middle of a mob chasing some paramilitaries.

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