hey, doddie. ijust wa nt to rugby field. hey, doddie.you to know that a tough one because the pubs aren't open. ijust want you to know that i have put it on ice until we can she is to it. this is chris hoy, in case you don't recognise me. i have got a bit of a gingery lockdown be it here at the moment, i'm afraid. i hope you are welcome i hope things are fine at the time, i hope you are doing 0k. the last time i saw you was sports personality, so hopefully i will see you soon. the 2019 recipients... it was at sports personality last year that he won the helen dottie award for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity. i have always known that you are an outstanding rugby player but in the last year or two you have shown what an outstanding human being you are as well. you're somebody we all look up to. you are a real inspiration to us all. and if you knew how many takes it took me to do this video for you, then that will give you a little laugh. it has certainly given me a little laugh, i know. hope you have a new tartan for this

when former scottish rugby international doddie weir was diagnosed with motor neurone disease three andlive to see his 50th birthday. yet today, he's reached that milestone and to celebrate hundreds of his friends and fans have been messaging him, and he told us that helps him stay strong. i think going back to the sporting family, the love that people have shown me isjust truly family, the love that people have shown me is just truly unbelievable. very emotional. but there again, it is an education. 0nce very emotional. but there again, it is an education. once you get diagnosed, you are basically told to go home and die, and when i got diagnosed three and a half years ago, i thought it was unacceptable. and when you've got to fight within the game of rugby, you cut a little bore against the opposition. my opposition at the moment as m and t, so we are opposition at the moment as m and t, so we are going to battle this. people can have a lot longer and don't have to go through the battle. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including news on third pr

. —— doddie weir. is the mother 0sprey keeping an eye? are they all in there?g you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: from vat cuts, to eating out and buying a home — this morning we're looking at what the chancellor's spending plans mean for you. rishi sunak joins us on the programme at 7:30. as the ryder cup is postponed until 2021 because of the pandemic, ireland's padraig harrington will tell us why playing without a crowd just wasn't an option. and have you noticed that music seems a little more upbeat recently? research shows 2020's biggest hits are faster and happier than they've been for years. we'll be finding out why, with the help of music star mnek, later. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the cost of dealing with the coronavirus crisis now stands at nearly £190 billion after the chancellor announced a raft of measures to help kick—start the economy. £30 billion will be used to help furloughed staff return to work, as well as a cut to vat on tourism and hospitality. reac

meet doddie, vera and captain, named after scottish rugby legend doddie weir, the forces' sweethearte—opening all its uk villages, with strict social distancing and other safety measures in place. we're joined now by the company's chief executive martin dalby, to tell us how it'll work. joining us from harrogate, good to talk to you. give us an idea of the sort of things you put in place to make sure you are safe and able to open. we have been working over the last six weeks on the government guidelines to make sure we can apply all the things that are required, and we have a whole list of things we will introduce from today. first of all, we open with reduced occupancy, it's important to make sure guests can socially distance safely. we usually run at around 95% but we will open at 65% to make sure there is lots of space for people. social distancing, two metres apart, queueing systems and we will change arrival and departure times so you can arrive a little bit later and depart earlier to give more space in between for a much deeper and thorough cleaning. we have a reduced activity

doddy, vera, captain. ali, bally, b. quite a lot of norse and celtic mythology. merlin.e has not been much happening. this morning however we had quite a bit of activity. it is so had quite a bit of activity. it is so wonderful when you see the birds they are perched high above that wonderful backdrop behind. when you look at the size of them, keep in mind that one of them was hatched on the 28th of may, the other two, the first and 3rd ofjune. think about the timescale, it is incredible they have got so big so quickly. within a month or two they will be flying thousands of miles. that never fails to amaze me, the speed at which they develop. we expect them to take their first flights possibly eat this week, into next week. that is a great time to watch them for the first time making a leap of faith. two meal5 first time making a leap of faith. two meals and a female. when they ta ke two meals and a female. when they take that first flight. do the parents, loui5 take that first flight. do the parents, louis and aila kicked him off the nest? they do it themselves. you wil