have given a cautious welcome to a long awaited announcement of how millions of pounds of funding grants will be allocated. the government promised £50 million last year and has today revealed how nearly 30 million of it will be spent with a promise to fast track the remainder to other research projects. it follows intense campaigning from charities and those living with the condition, including the former rugby stars rob burrow and doddie weir. will batchelor reports. five sportsmen his level and courage on the pitch has been surpassed. rob burrow sharing his own personal challenges of living with mnd, to his great friend kevin simm field raising funds. and the charity set “p raising funds. and the charity set up by the rugby union legend, doddie weir. he died last month but his legacy lives on. last year along
government. mr barclay knows only too well that i will meet him for negotiation. either directly or through negotiation. either directly or through the conciliation that we can do through through the conciliation that we can do through acas. so when he talks about do through acas. so when he talks about his do through acas. so when he talks about his open door, he is not really about his open door, he is not really serious about stopping the action really serious about stopping the action if really serious about stopping the action if he doesn t take me up on that offer~ action if he doesn t take me up on that offer. . ., ~ action if he doesn t take me up on that offer- that offer. she talked there about an offer to negotiate, that offer. she talked there about an offer to negotiate, but - that offer. she talked there about an offer to negotiate, but the - an offer to negotiate, but the government has said it is not going to start talking about pay while the health secreta
it s just heartbreaking, honestly. iinei. there s nothing there, you know? and seeing all the other houses with their windows blown out and doors and things, itjust makes it real, you know? the families of those who are still missing have been promised that the search operation here will continue until everybody is accounted for. but they ve been warned that that delicate recovery and identification operation will have to be done slowly, carefully, and that may mean that it takes weeks, not days. the wait now is for news of those who are still missing and then the answers to what caused this and whether it could have been prevented. danjohnson, bbc news, injersey. motor neurone disease charities have given a cautious welcome to a long awaited announcement of how millions of pounds of funding grants will be allocated. the government promised £50 million
are of most concern, very serious. it is a question of confidence of people into our institutions, and this confidence and trust in our institutions needs higher standards of independence and integrity. the headlines on bbc news: west midlands police have confirmed that three boys, aged eight, ten and 11, have died after being pulled from an icy lake in solihull at the weekend. snow, ice and fog are causing widespread travel disruption in parts of the uk, with hundreds of motorists and air travellers are stranded. the government is holding an emergency meeting of its cobra committee this afternoon on how to deal with a wave of industrial action, including in the nhs and on the railway network. motor neurone disease charities have given a cautious welcome to a long awaited announcement of how millions of pounds of funding
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