the prince of wales described him as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . sally nugent, looks back at his life. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants game, he was world class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, is that rob, but he s never going to make it because he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for
thank you. former members of the party. the cap thank yon 0ur deputy political editor vicki young. and a full list of candidates will be available when nominations close on the bbc news website. campaigning is continuing ahead of polling day for the uk election on the 11th ofjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country if labour wins power. the party says it will prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party s election campaign. at a rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party s record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a disastrous tory government, and he accused labour of giving an awfully good impression of them. let s take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. there are s
and remember you can keep across the latest from the campaign trail on our live page on the bbc news website we ve got updates and analysis from our correspondents across the country and you can also find it on the bbc news app. in south africa, the party once led by nelson mandela, the african national congress, has had its worst election result, since the end of apartheid three decades ago. the historic result means a fresh political landscape for the country, with the party losing support because of anger over the cost of living, high levels of corruption, unemployment and crime. the african national congress won almost 40% of the seats in the national assembly. the democratic alliance secured nearly 22%, and the mk partyjust below 15%. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher has this report from johnannesburg. this is a country at a crossroads.
candidate. she was suspended from the party in 2023 following comments she made about racism but was allowed back in last month. there s been uncertainty about herfuture but on friday, the labour leader sir keir starmer said she was free to go forward as a labour candidate. let s get more on this from our deputy political editor vicki young, who s in the newsroom. what is the background to this? it has dominated the first week of campaigning for labour and has been a mass distraction for the leader keir starmer. diane abbott was originally suspended from the parliamentary labour party about 1k months ago, after she wrote a letter in which she said thatjewish, irish and traveller people do not face racism all of their lives. they are followed an internal party investigation that rumbled on. nobody really knew what was the status of that. it did turn out that it had been concluded in february, so everyone was wondering, would diane abbott be taken back into the
labour candidate for a constituency, and that she intends to run. accusations have been levelled at keir starmer that he is trying to purchase party of left wingers. have thoseissues purchase party of left wingers. have those issues been resolved, or are they still rumbling on? the? those issues been resolved, or are they still rumbling on? they still rumbling on? they are still rumbling they still rumbling on? they are still rumbling on. they still rumbling on? they are still rumbling on. there - they still rumbling on? they are still rumbling on. there are - they still rumbling on? they are l still rumbling on. there are some former labour mps who have been told that they can t stand. tuesday is the deadline, the ruling executive of the labour party makes a final decision and has to rubber stamp any candidates, so they can block them. we will see what happens then. the most prominent former labour figure jeremy corbyn, who led the party, he was also ousted from labour and has no