making signs and making a difference. good morning from britain s bravest manufacturing company in kent, where i will find out the work they do and the support they give to military veterans and their families. one of the oldest surviving d day veterans shares his memories ahead of the 80th anniversary of the normandy landings. after a bit of sunshine and warmth for many at the weekend, the week ahead turns cooler, cloudier and a bit wet of awesome of you. a bit wetterfor bit wet of awesome of you. a bit wetter for somebody. it s monday 3rd june. a beacon of hope and inspiration . kevin sinfield has paid tribute to his friend and former team mate rob burrow who s died at the age 41, describing him as the bravest man he s ever met. after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease nearly five years ago, rob became a prominent campaigner for research into the condition and was awarded a cbe for his work. his former club leeds rhinos has described him as a true inspirat
But, in the future, one of the specialist nurses here, claire lang says, the centre will be radically different and drastically improved all under one roof. the minute you come into an environment like this, you feel like a patient and you get that anxiety and that feeling. whereas the new centre, hopefully, will be a more natural, homely type of feeling where, you know, they won t automatically feel like a patient and it s somewhere where they ll want to be. on the first day of last year s multi marathon challenge, kevin sinfield made a point of running past the site. it s the fundraising he and rob have done that s helped turn the dream of the mnd centre into a reality. i ve been really close to rob throughout this and i ve seen the journey and how brutal it is at times. and you could say this centre is just bricks and mortar, but it s not. it s, you know, it s built on spirit
In with dr agam jung. she was also rob s consultant and has been heavily involved in the design for the new centre. patients must be the absolute priority, she says, as she recalls the experience of first telling rob of his mnd diagnosis in 2019. the one thing that really struck me when i first met rob was that, after we had discussions about the diagnosis, he walked out of the room into a waiting room full of people. you have to go out, open the door, and then you have to pretend that nothing s happened inside, you know, and you can t scream, you can t cry. you just have this persona that you go outwith. the centre will provide that space. so after having that conversation, you will still be able to go into a quiet room, gather your thoughts together, and then be able to go home. currently, staff see patients in buildings originally designed to tackle infectious diseases, so facilities were deliberately spread out.
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Very poignant and moving but very important to make sure that centre is opened when it is scheduled to do so to help those living with motor neurone disease. i wanted to show you this, rob inducted into the hall of fame, he was here as a junior, player and coach, 25 years at leeds rhinos. this is what some people have been saying in the last few hours. ., , , ., , have been saying in the last few hours. .,, , .,, .,, hours. robert being rob, he opened himself up. hours. robert being rob, he opened himself up. to hours. robert being rob, he opened himself up, to give hours. robert being rob, he opened himself up, to give mnd hours. robert being rob, he opened himself up, to give mnd a hours. robert being rob, he opened himself up, to give mnd a platform | himself up, to give mnd a platform and help everyone else that was suffering. you know, truly great person, he has always been a hero of mine. ., . person, he has always been a hero of mine. .,. mine. touched everybody s life