Mecca for Technology Innovators and aficionados. A destination where the cult of geek reigns supreme. Everyones got that billion dollar idea here and Everyone Wants to save the world. The ethos of nothings impossible runs in the veins and twitter feeds of every twentysomething zuckerberg wannabe. Now Silicon Valley is taking on lifes biggest challenge, death. Dave lee has been looking at how Silicon Valley is trying to help us all live longer. This will be my last mealfor 36 hours. Like a growing number of people in Silicon Valley, im about to try fasting, something some here believe could contribute to extending our lifespan. My advice to you, just sleep in really late so you dont have to deal with it Kristen Brown is a biotechnology journalist. She tells me living longer is becoming something of an obsession for many techies. We do tend to see people notjust thinking of their body as a machine but talking about it metaphorically as a machine. Are they actually making any progress . I
Looks at what can be done better to protect cats from being shot with air guns. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A group of mps is warning that cuts to the Royal Marines would rip the heart out of one of britains elite fighting forces. The government has reportedly been considering axing around two thousand marines and getting rid of two of the warships they use to launch beach landings. The Defence Select Committee says the cuts would be militarily illiterate. Daniella relph reports. The training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 Royal Marines go through it to make them amongst britains at elite fighting forces. Known for their versatility and their ability to respond quickly to situations around the world. The Royal Marines also provide up to half the personnel for the uk special forces. The Defence Select Committee report warns that further cuts to the marines would damage their ability to be a High Readiness unit, quickly deployable, often in difficult circumstances. It
Police have released cctv images of a man wanted in connection with a car crash that killed three teenage boys in west london on friday night. Police say that despite the image being poor quality anyone who knows the man would recognise him and urge them to come forward with information. In a statement the metropolitan police said, three young men have lost their lives. Such tragic circumstances must far outweigh any taboo around assisting police. Investigators believe there were at least two men in a black audi that hit the Three Friends near a bus stop in hayes. One man is under arrest. The victims have been named locally as harry rice, George Wilkinson and josh kennedy. Our correspondent leigh milner is there. This cctv image was captured by the bus stop where the three boys died. The detective sergeant said that while the images were not a good quality, hes convinced that those who know the man in that image will recognise him. Meanwhile another 28 year old man is currently being d
And after wales comprehensive defeat of scotland yesterday england prepare to take on italy in the six nations. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A group of mps is warning that cuts to the Royal Marines would rip the heart out of one of britains elite fighting forces. The government has reportedly been considering axing around two thousand marines and getting rid of two of the warships they use to launch beach landings. The Defence Select Committee says the cuts would be militarily illiterate. Daniella relph reports. The training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 Royal Marines go through it to make them amongst britains at elite fighting forces. Known for their versatility and their ability to respond quickly to situations around the world. The Royal Marines also provide up to half the personnel for the uk special forces. The Defence Select Committee report warns that further cuts to the marines would damage their ability to be a High Readiness unit, quickly deployable, ofte
Winners Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas prepare to receive their gold and bronze medals. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9 35 this mornings reviewers are Rachel Cunliffe,comment and features editor Rachel Cunliffe from city am, and henry mance, Political Correspondent at the financial times. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of Sexual Harassment were made public. Mr cox denies assaulting a woman at Harvard University in 2015 but admits to inappropriate behaviour while working for save the children. The murder ofjo cox in 2016 shocked the nation. The labour mp, who was also a mother of two small children, was murdered by a far right extremist during the Eu Referendum campaign. After her death, her husband brendan became a prominent campaigner against extremism and went on to help set up two organisations thejo Cox Foundation and more in common. Now he has resign