as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . 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 s 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 him shone through as rob made his private battle a public one to help
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 not been readmitted. he was weighing up whether to stand as an independent candidate in the seat he s held for many years and has decided to do so. so, there will still be those kind of candidates, running up against labour candidates, even though they are 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 4th ofjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country if labour wins power. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. but the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, has refused to set a target or a date
by clamping down on tax avoidance. 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. you can also find it on the bbc news app. voting is taking place in mexico in an election that will be remembered as is violent in the country s modern history. more than 20 candidates have been killed in the run up to the poll. the vote is almost certain to result in the country s first female presidentthe frontrunner, claudia shanebaum, and her main rival, sochitul galvez,
of a party for the white minority. the former president, jacob zuma, disgraced by allegations of rampant corruption, has made an extraordinary comeback, heading the newly formed mk party. the radical economic freedom fighters want to nationalise banks and seize white owned land. so those are the options and we have now had the official announcement of the election result, confirming what we already knew. that means that the anc has two weeks to form a coalition with parties which have very different visions for the country. faced with that uncertain future are these young people injohannesburg, the generation for whom most is at stake. nearly 50% are unemployed. if we get somebody young, fresh, young blood, yeah, we re going to, i m very much optimistic. it s going to be a beautiful country. i hope the ruling party is shaken as we want them to be. we just need the basics, like, just take care of the people.