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
stonehenge this morning. thousands still celebrating the first sunrise following the solstice. while the sun stays here all day long, for some in the west there is change in the way. details on breakfast. good morning. it s friday, the 21st ofjune. lindsey burrow has told bbc breakfast that her husband rob made the world a better place to be. speaking for the first time since his death three weeks ago, she also revealed that rob left personal messages for their children, which she s not yet ready to hear. john maguire reports. rob and lindsey burrow married in 2006, having first met as teenagers. hello, girls. how was your day at school, my little princesses? since his diagnosis with motor neurone disease four and a half years ago, they faced the condition together as a couple and as a family. i couldn t put into wordsjust how proud i am of rob. i think he wasjust such an inspiration to so many people. he was the face of the mnd community for so many people and gave so many p
this extraordinary series of events was sparked by a complaint from a member of the public who turned out to be nick adderley s ex wife who took issue with media reports about his naval record, and that has led to this, a gross misconduct hearing investigating claims about nick adderley s career which include him implying that he had served in the falklands war despite being just 15 at the time, that he had worked as a military negotiator in haiti in the 19805 even though he had never visited the country, and that he had worn military medals that he had not earned and in one case, the south atlantic medal, the falklands war medal, was in the words of one expert, 110% a fake. all of those allegations were proven. the panel dismissed nick adderley from his job and they said he lied with arrogant temerity, that he displayed sustained and brazen dishonesty and that his application for the job of chief constable contained lie upon lie. despite being instructed to do so nick adderl
Rob burrow was determined to tell the world about mnd and, before his death, he recorded one final message. i hope one day we find a cure and live in a world free of mnd. by the time that you watch this, i will no longer be here. i am just a lad from yorkshire who got to live out his dream of playing rugby league. as a father of three young children, i would never want any family to have to go through what my family and children have, since my diagnosis. five, four, three, two, one. this was the moment rob had worked so hard for spades going into the ground to build the specialist mnd centre in leeds that will bear his name. five years after his diagnosis and one day after his death, but a moment he was determined would go ahead. he was asked. we were all there. and rob, you know, he used his eyes