to be a colder night than it was last night. tomorrow we start with all this mist and murk but it will evaporate, most of us having a sunny day but some rain and cloud and breezy conditions coming into the south east later. carol, thank you very much indeed. speak to you later. you ll know we ve spoken a lot on this programme about the late rugby legend doddie weir and his battle with motor neurone disease. one of doddie s greatest frustrations when he was diagnosed with mnd back in 2016 was the lack of hope for people faced with such devastating news. well, today the charity he set up is outlining how it s going to invest millions of pounds into research. we ll talk about that in a minute, but first let s remind ourselves of just what an inspirational man he was. doddie weir smashes it further. weir has scored. from having an impact on the pitch. when he goes like that, he s like a mad giraffe, but he s got great skills. ..to having an impact off the pitch. doddie weir has become a na
so this is one of the first big awards events since lockdown restrictions were eased. it feels like the first office party back for us, you know? it s like everyone in television all back in one room. during lockdown, many of us made new television discoveries. do you remember tiger king? taskmaster all of it! bridgerton. do you know what i loved? was when the bbc repeated the full series of fawlty towers on a monday night, and it was like a little treat on a monday. these awards are voted for by viewers. huge numbers of them tuned in for the final of line of duty, and it had four nominations. it sjust nice after ten years of doing this, that there s still an audience, and, as i say, wejust keep going and going again next year. so we ll see maybe we ve got one more in us, who knows? and there was a new category best authored documentary. nominations included rob borrow: my year with mdn which explored the former rugby player s battle with motor neurone disease. it was produced
people who watched him transform from lad to legend. really emotional. an emotional night for all the family, who will be here. when you have watched him come through from being a boy. obviously, it is not a nice situation, but, yeah, we are all there for him. people who have followed his journey through super league wins and now his battle with motor neurone disease. as someone who has a degenerative condition, to see rob handle it with such grace, it s so great. he has always been one of our favourite players. determination. ijust get quite emotional when talking about him. i he has been an inspiration to the club since starting his career. you could not get a better leeds legend. it is great to be back at headingley after so long. i am completely overwhelmed to be shortlisted for an nta award. i know i have the backing of the greatest sport in the world, rugby league.
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