training, to get the green beret and become a royal marine commando, the first woman in 350 years.l who was both in the army in the 18th century and in the royal marines, and was wounded at the siege of. women give the armed services a contemporary look, but the only thing i would say finger wagging at the commanders as they mustn't break their bodies. it is ok to say that upper body strength isn't quite the same, or the anatomical arrangement isn't quite the same, and you can't lift weights, but philip birch is a terrific weightlifter, but the chief of general staff, the head of the army at the moment, said that he got very close to the kurdish women's forces on his previousjob outside rack —— raqqa, and they very nearly took raqqa single—handed six months ago. and the next story, headteachers supporting a pupil's strike. this is part of movement across europe of schoolchildren marching out to protest at the slow movement of action around climate change. headteachers are applauding the planned strike, which is for this coming friday. very surprisingly, robert and i were discussing