to be a colder night than it was last night. tomorrow we start with all this mist and murk but it will evaporate, most of us having a sunny day but some rain and cloud and breezy conditions coming into the south east later. carol, thank you very much indeed. speak to you later. you ll know we ve spoken a lot on this programme about the late rugby legend doddie weir and his battle with motor neurone disease. one of doddie s greatest frustrations when he was diagnosed with mnd back in 2016 was the lack of hope for people faced with such devastating news. well, today the charity he set up is outlining how it s going to invest millions of pounds into research. we ll talk about that in a minute, but first let s remind ourselves of just what an inspirational man he was. doddie weir smashes it further. weir has scored. from having an impact on the pitch. when he goes like that, he s like a mad giraffe, but he s got great skills. ..to having an impact off the pitch. doddie weir has become a na
synonymous with research into motor neurone disease. he revealed his diagnosis in 2017, and we followed his story from the start. i knew what i d had, knew what the issue was. so when he said to me, it s all right, we ve got this, we ll go and try and fight that. and then i did the dreaded google. what have i got? what s going on? and it came up mnd, and uh oh . shortly after being diagnosed he started a charity, which has since then raised millions of pounds through events like doddie aid. you can alsojoin me. i ll be logging this big walk that i ve just done on the doddie aid app. his work even earned him an 0be from the queen and a special honour at the sports personality of the year awards. and it s quite ironic being a scottish rugby player in the 90s. this is the closest i ever got to a trophy, so it s very nice. he was also part of a successful campaign to lobby the government
important researchers, and that is really important to us to collaborate and to work important to us to collaborate and to work alongside, because we can t do this to work alongside, because we can t do this on to work alongside, because we can t do this on our own. unless we all come do this on our own. unless we all come together and work as one, and the coalition come together and work as one, and the coalition has been so important to the the coalition has been so important to the progress we have made, and that was to the progress we have made, and that was very much part of doddie s influence that was very much part of doddie s influence as that was very much part of doddie s influence as well, and if our role can be influence as well, and if our role can be to influence as well, and if our role can be to influence change and to do the fundraising that we do, that is so important for the bigger picture and the so important for the bigger picture and the bi