with a two huge matches to get things under way an inspiring story of friendship and hope kevin sinfield has raised millions of pounds for mnd. people living with the disease tell us they can t thank him enough. good morning to you. it s a clear cut tale of two halves this weekend with today largely cloudy and mild and tomorrow chillier but dry with plenty of sunshine. it looks like it was a chilli into next week as well but i will have more of that and the weekend s weather details right later on. it s saturday the fourth of february. our main story us defence chiefs say they have identified a second suspected chinese surveillance balloon, this time above south america. the first balloon was seen yesterday above the state of montana, in the north of the united states. it prompted washington to cancel a high level visit to beijing and accuse the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china has apologised but insisted it s simply a weather monitoring device which has
reaching the finish line the british man who has run a marathon every day of this year to raise a million pounds for charity. celebrations are under way to mark the start of 2023 this is the scene live in paris with the first new year s eve fireworks since 2019 and covid pandemic. they are clearly making the most of that. it s the same across much of europe. we can show you the pictures from the dread. again, the party is well under way as we see and the new year. another look at these extraordinary pictures, absolutely packed with regularities on the first of the new year celebrations able to celebrate in person in public for three years now. it also marks, of course, the moment at which peruvians can say next year we will be hosting the olympic games because the games in 2024 will be coming from paris. an opportunity to rehearse some of their stage management with quite a spectacular display, not over the eiffel tire, but the arctic triumph. we will keep those pictures
Ago, his former leeds rhinos team mate Kevin Sinfield has taken an increasingly arduous challenges. Used to be a 32 waist i hope thats comfortable enough. The latest, and by far the hardest, seven Ultra Marathons in seven days a total of 300 miles. It started at murrayfield in edinburgh, the home of scottish rugby. Former International Doddy Weir was there to see them off, just two weeks before he died. I cant wait to get going. I think the support, as you can see this morning, has been incredible. We didnt expect this at all, to have doddy here and cathy. Its been a big build up, but we are on the way now. We are going to send kevin on his way with a massive cheer in three, two, one. Off you go, kevin there he goes, Ladies And Gentlemen wearing the number seven, in honour of his great friend rob burrow. Ahead of the team, a 40 mile run through the scottish borders. The expertise of the Support Group was vital from the early stages. Thanks for coming, everybody. People come out, and it
absolute way i do about rob burrow. he s an absolute champion. the way the burrow absolute champion. the way the burrow family have been so courageous and brave, we just want to be courageous and brave, we just want to be a courageous and brave, we just want to be a great friend, and if we can all be to be a great friend, and if we can all be a to be a great friend, and if we can all be a bit to be a great friend, and if we can all be a bit of a better friend from time all be a bit of a better friend from time to all be a bit of a better friend from time to time, i think we would have a better time to time, i think we would have a better place to live in. cheering applause ladies and gentlemen, please show your appreciation for kevin sinfield and his amazing support team. kevin sinfield and his team raised more than £2.25 million, butjust as important was the increased awareness of mnd, and giving a voice to those whose lives are blighted by this terrible, i
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