and herzegovina at stjames park, with the tournament just 11 days away. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from salford. the conservative party is promising to tackle what it calls the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, if it wins the general election. equalities minister kemi badenoch said her party wants to crack down on what she described as predatory men who claim to identify as female to gain access to women only spaces. with more details, here s our political correspondent ione wells. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise
just one day after the death of the rugby league legend rob burrow, aged 41, his family and his former team mate kevin sinfield have attended a ground breaking ceremony for the motor neurone disease centre, bearing his name. building work at seacroft hospital in leeds began this morning, at rob s request. his great friend kevin explained the difference the centre would make for patients living with mnd. so. . i wish he could have seen the outpouring of love. so brave, so tough. i think we all lose special people but it s very, very rare you lose someone who is so special to so many different people. as you can
just for support. supporl - to support. we all know somebody that s had the disease. he is doing a. it s wonderful, what he s doing, wonderful. total inspiration. isn t it? absolutely. you know, we drove up some of those hills. yeah, well, he s got the worst to come. i yeah. this is one of the toughest days for hill climbs. the approach to the border is brutal. bell rings one of the charities kevin is supporting will build a motor neurone disease centre at the seacroft hospital in leeds. it will be dedicated to his former team mate rob burrow. awareness has never been higher about mnd and i think that is down to the trials of kev and rob burrow, who, you know, these people have bravely put out that. you know, they are talking about their condition at the most vulnerable time in their lives. and, yeah, i don t think there s many people in the country now that don t know what mnd
BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker and Sally Nugent, Strictly Come Dancing pro Nadiya Bychkova, and Line of Duty star Nigel Boyle were just some of the celebrities taking part in a glitzy fundraiser in aid of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
families to avoid. that s what my challenge. that s why they are backing an appeal to raise £5 million for a new centre, purpose built for mnd patients, and named after rob. t’m built for mnd patients, and named after rob. ., ., ., ., ., after rob. i m honoured to have a motor neurone after rob. i m honoured to have a motor neurone disease after rob. i m honoured to have a motor neurone disease centre - after rob. i m honoured to have a - motor neurone disease centre named after me. when the doctor asked me if i would back the project, i immediately wanted to be involved. to have a purpose built centre in my name, i was totally blown away. to bring the family to a new building with wheelchair access and to have a kids wake the kids want to come and feel at ease. it affects the whole family, so they all feel appreciated. it s nice to know their loved one is in the best place possible. tt loved one is in the best place ossible. , ., , . loved one is in the best place possible-