lovely to see doddie smiling _ doddie. take care. lovely to see doddie smiling even _ doddie.have essentially just finished - tapestry of periodic table. i have essentially just finished making l tapestry of periodic table. i have i essentiallyjust finished making the entirety of the elements that make up entirety of the elements that make up the periodic table. it has evolved. it is still the original pattern. that is what i try to convey as much as possible. ultimately we are not learning lots of little factoids. we are learning the general patterns of how things behave and seeing how they apply in the real world and what the exceptions are. travel now. time for the weather. good morning. it is looking mostly dry and still mild for the time of year across the capitalfor much of mild for the time of year across the capital for much of the rest of this week. high—pressure dominates. there will be a few week weather fronts at times that could give us spots of rain. we are starting off the morning with some mist and fog patches. poor visibility on many of the roads for a time. t

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spoke to bbc breakfast about life with mnd back in early 2020, alongside scottish rugby union star doddieso when he said it, "all right, we've got this, we're going to try and fight it", and then i did the dreaded google. "what have i got, what's going on?" and it came up mnd and you kind of go, "uh—oh". in the months to come, rob burrow would chart the impact of the condition in a documentary. that led to fundraising by people across the country and rob's former teammates. kevin sinfield's seven marathons in seven days raised over £2 million. he takes on a new challenge later this month. meanwhile, the campaign for government backing has continued. just last week rob's dad gave another emotional plea. after 25, 30 years, surely to goodness we can find something to find a treatment. if it stops it, that's phase one. a cure�*s phase two. now the government has confirmed it will provide the £50 million that the campaigners have been asking for. in an article in the express, the prime minister promises to "transform the fight against this devastating disease". the announcement has been welco

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the interview was shaped _ up to meet doddy. the interview was shaped by— up to meet doddy.eople he saw as— about wanting to help other people he saw as less fortunate than himself _ he saw as less fortunate than himself i_ he saw as less fortunate than himself. i was gobsmacked at the time to— himself. i was gobsmacked at the time to be — himself. i was gobsmacked at the time to be able to talk like that. i would _ time to be able to talk like that. i would be — time to be able to talk like that. i would be wallowing in a pit of self-pity _ would be wallowing in a pit of self—pity. he had the network of the leeds— self—pity. he had the network of the leeds rhinos and red bee legal around — leeds rhinos and red bee legal around him. when you look at what kevin _ around him. when you look at what kevin and _ around him. when you look at what kevin and the whole mnd family have done to— kevin and the whole mnd family have done to raise awareness of this disease — done to raise awareness of this disease and in the last couple of weeks _ disease and in the last couple of weeks g