Imagine you are a patient about to undergo Brain Surgery. If it goes well, it could save your life, if it goes wrong, you could end up paralysed or dead. You want to believe your surgeon is infallible, a superhero but he is not, he is all too human, just like you. That emerges from the extraordinary honest writing from henry marsh, giving us a rare insight into the mind of the doctor. Is that reassuring or troubling . Henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. The veryjob description, brain surgeon, i think in most people it prompts a sense of awe and maybe a little bit of fear, as well, and certainly mystery. But youve decided to lift the veil on what it is really like and i wonder why. I was subject to that myth of Brain Surgery myself when i decided to become a neurosurgeon many years ago. I suppose i was Drawing Attention to oneself, as any writer is doing when writing a book, and i am the youngest of four, i have been Drawing Attention to myself from an early age, if you ask my family i wa
President obama and japans Prime Minister shinzo abe have laid wreaths at the site of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbour where nearly 2,500 americans died in1941. Its the first visit by a japanese leader while still in office. Mr abe pledged that the horrors of war must never be repeated but stopped short of apologising. Heres our tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes. It has taken 75 years but today the Prime Minister of japan and the president of the United States stood side by side in silent contemplation, at the spot where the pacific war began. They threw flowers into the water where the wreck of the Battleship Arizona still lies. More than a thousand us sailors died when the arizona exploded under a Rain Ofjapanese bombs. In all, more than 2,400 americans were killed in the surprise 1941 attack. Today, Prime Minister abe spoke of his profound sadness that so many young lives were suddenly ended without warning. Translation we must never repeat the horrors of war again. Thi
The middle aged has doubled. The Daily Telegraph claims that the Armed Forces Face another round of cuts, partly due to the fall in the pound. It also notes transport Disruption Due to cold weather across the uk. The times reports that the government will reform charges for electric car charging, to combat the steep costs that are currently imposed. The paper also carries an image of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. And finally, the sun also pays tribute to Carrie Fisher, and reports that George Michael will be buried in his familys private plot. Now on bbc news, Weather World. This time nick miller is finding out how the Snowden Railway keeps running despite extreme weather. This time on the Weather World we are going up in the world, literally into the mountains of north wales, and our method of transport may surprise you, it is good to be quite a ride. Also extreme storms and the battle to survive them, as Global Temperatures set new records. Winterfights back in the usa, but not in