she revealed her "fondness" for the royal marines. leged to have had the opportunity to visit our royals around the world and even to have taken part, sort of, in their arctic training in norway, at least what they allowed me to pretend to do. i have seen first—hand their extraordinary courage, ability, focus and fortitude. they are truly an elite fighting force. but what really stood out for me, and i'm sure for anyone who has spent any time with them, is the mindset that they bring to the role. first to understand, first to adapt and respond and first to overcome. a conservative mp said cutting 1,000 marines would be a "grave mistake." the royal marines are some of the most elite infantry in the world and are in effect tier two special forces. we also derive around 40% of our tier one special forces, the sas and the sbs, from the royal marines. not only do the royal marines have an incredibly proud history, having recently celebrated their 350th anniversary, they also have tremendous utility and i can see no defence advantage at all

media reports suggested plans were being considered to reduce the number of royal marines by 1,000 orn and bulwark, out of action. we cannot do national security on the cheap. we must ensure that our armed forces have the resources that they need to deal with the threats that we face, and any reduction in our amphibious capabilities or in the number of our royal marines are the wrong cuts at the wrong time. the chancellor hinted in the budget he'd look at taxes to cut plastic waste. it follows the introduction of a 5p charge on single use carrier bags, which cut use by 85%. now there are calls to bring in a levy on plastic drinks bottles and disposable coffee cups. in the lords, peers reckoned that couldn't come too soon. could the ministers say something about the millions and millions of plastic bottles that can't be recycled and are simply being put into waste. can't we have a positive action to cut down the number of plastic bottles? they are a disgrace. hear, hear. my lords, the noble lord will probably be aware that in the budget speech, the chancellor has announced that we are

these frigates what are you hearing about the fact that you've been you've been saying that the royal marines were finished if the amphibious transport docks are cut let alone a thousand well marines from the services what are you hearing about a large amphibious capability has been used ten times as. since forty five and has made a different huge difference when it's been used the ruins themselves well it's been used in places like korea was used course in the falkland islands it was used in the al faw peninsula more recently there are whole raft of places where it's been you. and the real marines themselves have been on operations not always doing a figure stops but on operations about thirty times it's well they're very very good troops but the role marines only exist because they're part of the navy and they're there to be the sea soldiers and if suddenly the amphibious ships go there's no rationale for having role marines you might have what to call them whatever and they become something else and to lose the royal marines would be a ridiculous thing to do and to lose our amphibious capa

this former royal marine is the inventor of the gravity suit.six jet engines with over 1,000 horsepower, browning has taken the dream to fly to new heights. literally. he's just broken the guinness world record for fast els flight in a jetsuit. with speeds topping 32 miles per hour. >> one day you woke and up thought, this is boring, i want to make a jet pack? >> not exactly. i suppose throughout my especially as a kid, i used to enjoy making things, take things apart, working with my father in his workshop. i've always been technically minded, at least in my day job career. >> reporter: browning says inventing is in his blood. like marvel's superhero tony stark, he's had his trials and failures. watching robert downey jr. fly, did you think, i recognize that guy? >> i love the clip in the first "iron man" film of where he is learning. he's built it, he's in his garage, crashing around, trying to learn the balance. 90% of things we tried didn't work. when they didn't work, often that meant i would then fall over are. only a few feet off the grou

former royal marine officerjames glancy says that a lack of investment might mean britain is left vulnerable threats, whether that cyber attacks from state and non—state actors, and increase in proliferation of terrorism around the world. countries like iran, russia, north korea — they are strengthening their militaries. they are investing in innovation and technology. that mix of threats that britain faces now and in the future, we simply do not have the capability to respond to all those. we've been salami—slicing and cutting the defence budget, which means all our services — the navy, army and the raf — have less numbers, they have less equipment and they have not kept up with the pace of change that we are seeing globally. what we talk to see right now in defence from the treasury is an increase in defence spending. a minimum of £2 billion a year for the next four years. the uk's housing crisis has also been creeping up the political agenda recently, as more and more people are paying high rents and are unable to raise enough money to get onto the property ladder. the chancellor has alre