it haven't signed up, sign up now, doddie aid-— haven't signed up, sign up now, doddie aid. , , ., doddieou saw him in the report was the end. hejoins us. thank you for taking the time to talk to us this morning. you cycled with your team 555 miles in 55 hours, how are the legs? 555 miles in 55 hours, how are the lens? , . ~ 555 miles in 55 hours, how are the leis? , ., ~' , legs? the legs are fine. the nek is a bit sore. — legs? the legs are fine. the nek is a bit sore, sadly. _ legs? the legs are fine. the nek is a bit sore, sadly. one _ legs? the legs are fine. the nek is a bit sore, sadly. one of— legs? the legs are fine. the nek is a bit sore, sadly. one of the - a bit sore, sadly. one of the troubles of being in a bike is looking up for too long and it is tough on an old neck. so if a cricket a few times during the interview i do apologise. prick it. obviously there are special images this year for doddie aid given that doddie passed away the back end of last year. bring us up—to—date on the fundraising. how much has it made? �* , ' . the fundraising. how much has it made? �* , , .

doddie weir would have surely a- roved cup. doddie weir would have surely approved of — cup. days _ not too much happening over the next few days with high pressure in charge — few days with high pressure in charge for many but not everywhere. we have _ charge for many but not everywhere. we have got some wintry flurries across _ we have got some wintry flurries across the — we have got some wintry flurries across the north west of scotland where _ across the north west of scotland where it — across the north west of scotland where it is — across the north west of scotland where it is windy as well but this is the _ where it is windy as well but this is the picture in eastbourne, east sussex— is the picture in eastbourne, east sussex with the cloud rolling in after _ sussex with the cloud rolling in after a — sussex with the cloud rolling in after a cold start of the day, so we have _ after a cold start of the day, so we have a _ after a cold start of the day, so we have a band — after a cold start of the day, so we have a band of cloud across the southern — have a band of cl

late doddie weir launched in 2017.' ., think we will 'ust get rid of that, shall we? w ., ., ., ., shall we? kick it into the woodland? we love that — shall we? kick it into the woodland? we love that you _ shall we? kick it into the woodland? we love that you are _ shall we? kick it into the woodland? we love that you are wearing - shall we? kick it into the woodland? | we love that you are wearing tartan, the bike is a tartan, and it reminds us all of what it is for. very poignant this year because it is the fourth doddie weir cup, but the first one since his passing in november. first one since his passing in november-— first one since his passing in november. . �* , ., ., november. that's right, and we have had a lot of— november. that's right, and we have had a lot of fun. _ november. that's right, and we have had a lot of fun. we _ november. that's right, and we have had a lot of fun. we have _ november. that's right, and we have had a lot of fun. we have had - november. that's right, and we have had a lot of fun

he's an ambassador of the doddie weir foundation.need to get these girls and boys the money so they can fast track and speed up everything which they're doing. i will not stand here having promised doddie that we will bang the drum. he's no longer with us, but his voice will be heard loud and we will fight and keep making noise because we will find a cure for this dreadful disease. kevin sinfield has always said mnd isn't incurable, it's underfunded. the warning from scientists — if government money isn't allocated quickly and effectively, promising new treatments will be delayed. graham satchell, bbc news. you can watch that documentary — kevin sinfield: going the extra mile — tonight at 7pm on bbc two and on the bbc iplayer. the uk will enter recession this year but it may not be as bad as previously feared, according to the boss of the bank of england. andrew bailey says the economic slump may now only last a year, rather than two. his comments come after yesterday's interest rate rise. ben's at a bakery in greater manchester for

led by former teamates, of former scotland captain doddie weir, who passed away in november.e blockbuster is being re—released in cinemas today. james cameron has given his only uk broadcast interview to our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. the way of water connects all things. before your birth. and after your death. james cameron, we're speaking to you in new zealand. you are there because of avatar. which film are you making at the moment and how far through it are you? we're midstream in movie three, so all of the performance capture work with the actors has been done, all the live action work with sets and actors and 3d cameras has been done, and we're in the early part of the post—production phase where i do all the virtual cameras, so that's where i am in the process right now on that. we cannot let you bring your war here. avatar the way of water is now the fourth biggest film of all time. how much of a relief was it to you, especially after the gap of 13 years? i don't think the gap was the issue. i think the amount of time and energy... so it's five year

doddie weir cup — named of course after the socttish rugby legend, who sadly passed away last year witht fold tonight we will have large areas of cloud floating around. if there are breaks in the clouds they are crossed wales and especially in northeast scotland. most of us will stay for a 5 degrees above freezing. into tomorrow, a lot of clout again to start off with but with more of a breeze developing around these western and northern part of the uk. there is more chance of seeing some sunshine across wales, northern island and across the north of scotland. parts of england are likely to stay gray throughout the day with lighter winds, nothing much, temperatures ten to 12 degrees. it�*s another mild day. it stays mild into the start of the new week. monday, tuesday could have some fog in the south. this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines... more than 25,000 people are now known to have died after monday�*s earthquakes in turkey and syria. in other news, us fighterjets have shot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president b

the winner of this fixture gets to claim the the doddie weir cup, named in honour of the former scotlandh in novemberfrom motor neurone disease. ireland also claimed a bonus point beating last year's grand slam champions france 32—19 in dublin. ireland are the the number one ranked side in the world and are favourites for the title. that ended a run of three defeats in a row to the french. premier league leaders arsenal have slipped up again. they were held to a 1—1 draw at home by brentford. the gunners took he lead through leandro trossard 20 minutes into the second half but brentford equalised through ivan toney, they are now unbeaten in 10 in the league. the aresenal amanger mikel arteta thought that toney�*s goal was offside and remonstarted with the officials at full time. arsenal are now six points clear of their nearest rivals manchester city who are at home to aston villa tomorrow. disappointed because we wanted the three points and we made the most difficult thing in the game, playing against a team with a super low block and we scored a goal and then it was about controlling t

the winner of this fixture gets to claim the doddie weir cup, named in honour of the former scotlandath in novemberfrom motor neurone disease. premier league leaders arsenal have slipped up again. they were held to a 1—1 draw at home by brentford. the gunners took he lead through leandro trossard 20 minutes into the second half. first goalfor the first goal for the club. but brentford equalised through ivan toney, they are now unbeaten in ten in the league. the aresenal amanger mikel arteta thought that toney�*s goal was offside and remonstarted with the officials at full time. arsenal are now six points clear of their nearest rivals manchester city who are at home to aston villa on sunday. elsewhere bournemouth held newcastle to a 1—1 draw. fulham beat nottingham forest, leicester thrashed spurs 4—1, while ten man wolves came from behind to win at southampton. 1-0 1—0 down, the foxes. crystal palace drew 1—1 with brighton and that was also the score in the days early kick off between west ham united and chelsea. posse are posse a re really posse are really struggling at the moment.

doddie used to tease me all the time.y much guilted into cycling alongside kevin for the first three or four days of his challenge. i think when we were planning the ultras, i'd reached out and said, "would you start us off?" he mentioned about coming up to murrayfield for this 6:30 start to see kevin away. and he's stubborn as anything. so, lo and behold, he appeared at 6:00 at murrayfield on the dot on that sunday morning. you ok? i didn't think he was going to get out of bed for us! wa nted wanted to stay in bed! it was me that wanted to stay in bed. oh, sorry, catherine. i was so happy, so made up that he was there. i could see doddie trying to attract my attention and i was in this tartan lycra cycling gear. and i got closer and i still couldn't make him out. i was thinking, he might be about to say something inspirational in front of 300 males. got closer again. "breathe in, fatty!" and thatjust pretty much epitomised doddie. it meant that we got off to a great start, and we knew we were going to meet rob and steve

after scotland made it two wins from two, thrashing wales to lift the doddie weir cup at murrayfield. and it was harry's house at the brits last night as he took home four awards. good morning. a quiet weekend of whether_ good morning. a quiet weekend of whether i— good morning. a quiet weekend of whether i said _ good morning. a quiet weekend of whether i said to— good morning. a quiet weekend of whether i said to continue. - good morning. a quiet weekend of whether i said to continue. more . whether i said to continue. more breeze _ whether i said to continue. more breeze around _ whether i said to continue. more breeze around today. _ whether i said to continue. more breeze around today. that - whether i said to continue. more breeze around today. that will. whether i said to continue. more - breeze around today. that will come as welcome — breeze around today. that will come as welcome news _ breeze around today. that will come as welcome news if— breeze around today. that will come as welcome news if it _ breeze around today. that will come as welcome news if it is _ breeze aroun

doddie aid neil patrick.ysis of the election, you know his corruption, his forcing people to vote. and of course, you know , a country and of you know, a country and of course before i left putin did actually ban me from russia as well. well i had a couple of. but on that note, neil parish was like, thank you for coming on. talking about, you know, okay. on. talking about, you know, okay . we are very nearly done , okay. we are very nearly done, but we're going to finish. we have dairy farmer called philip greenaway and he is going to sing for us, take me home , sing for us, take me home, country roads, take it away away . from . take . home to . from. take. home to i. love west virginia . i'll do my. . from. take. home to i. love west virginia . i'll do my . take west virginia. i'll do my. take home. you know . and my man . home. you know. and my man. round lines lay in stranger. to dark and dusty painted on sky. this detains . two moonshine this detains. two moonshine dumps in my country road . take dumps i

doddie aid neil patrick.ysis of the election, you know his corruption, his forcing people to vote. and of course, you know, a country and of course before i left putin did actually ban me from russia as well. well i had a couple of. but on that note, neil parish was like, thank you for coming on. talking about, you know, okay. on. talking about, you know, okay . we are very nearly done , okay. we are very nearly done, but we're going to finish. we have dairy farmer called philip greenaway and he is going to sing for us, take me home , sing for us, take me home, country roads, take it away away . from . take . home to . from. take. home to i. love west virginia . i'll do my. . from. take. home to i. love west virginia . i'll do my . take west virginia. i'll do my. take home. you know . and my man . home. you know. and my man. round lines lay in stranger. to dark and dusty painted on sky. this detains . two moonshine this detains. two moonshine dumps in my country road . take dumps in my country road. take it h

but i ran banks know who was a businessman, founder of leave doddie you major funder indeed to the brexitcampaign . you know he works in campaign. you know he works in business felt his reputation was being seriously damaged by this and he's been going a very, very lengthy legal case now in the high court. his libel claim against carol kabala ? well, in against carol kabala? well, in a way, he failed because , the way, he failed because, the judge said, even though what she wrote true , she believed it to wrote true, she believed it to be true at the time that was a pubuc be true at the time that was a public interest and that no real damage had done to mr. banks . i damage had done to mr. banks. i found the judgement absolute , found the judgement absolute, utterly, truly astonishing and indeed very deeply . well, today indeed very deeply. well, today at court of appeal , the judge at court of appeal, the judge has made it very clear that , he has made it very clear that, he says, that having this case, i have concluded that the judge's errors have fatally undermined and her conclusion r

what northern irish journalist and historian ruth doddie aid was.think if you like to call herself british and irish same time, is irish at the same time, ruth, is that that's right, mark that right? that's right, mark and , i mean, i've i was and i am, i mean, i've i was born and, brought up in dublin , born and, brought up in dublin, irish nationalist, catholic background , came live in background, came to live in england at 21. i have been terribly here and i've gradually become a northern ireland unionist just to confuse all the issues, because cover northern, i start to cover northern ireland and i respected a people who to be bullied by terrorists and i began to respect integrity. and i that can be very awkward and i'm not denying that the dup is a potential problem here, but i care. i'm very enthusiastic. brexiteer i mean, i actually am unrepentant brexiteer and i am a solid unionist. but i think this is a wonderful day and i think we should all be congratulate and reissue because as said, i mean, you're covering all bases from your experienc

over the last couple of years, the profile of mnd has been raised massively through the likes of doddiethe hearts of football fans across the west. now they have the chance to show how much. damian derrick there with that report on marcus stewart. there are a lot of big names playing in that match in may, jamie redknapp, jill scott, paul scholes, a bit like soccer aid if you like. i have been involved in a lot of matches like these and they really get a good turnout, especially if it is a course like that, so the more who support that they better. absolutely, a great cause and one we know a lot about on the programme. for generations of postmen and women, it wasn't unusual to walk 20 miles each day to deliver mail in rural communities. it's something that's mostly died out with the introduction of vans, but author alan cleaver, from cumbria, is hoping to track down some of the last workers who walked those remote, countryside routes. mark mcalindon went to meet him. itjust struck me that although they're no longer walked by postmen, they make nice walks. and the history and the postmen