, that there may be a cure for mnd and there will be treatments for mnd in the future.to raise awareness. so a special message today from an old friend. rob's indefatigable spirit has inspired an extraordinary response. his team—mate and best friend kevin sinfield ran seven marathons in seven days, then 101 miles in 24 hours. together, rob and kev have raised more than £4 million for the motor neurone disease association and the leeds hospital chapter. back in windsor, rob's parents, irene and geoff, couldn't be more proud. we're absolutely thrilled to bits for robert and lindsey, you know, and he's such a lovely, lovely person, he deserves everything, you know, he's getting today, and we're so proud, aren't we? we are. i've hope, but i've got belief, as well. and i've got determinationjust like rob's always had in his career and everything he's done. so while we've got that, nothing's going to stop us. all the awards — we'd swap them, you know, for the treatment to be found. that's the main. and if — carry on raising awareness, then it's coming pretty soon, i think. so

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the government for a £50 million investment in mnd research.lion for research to find a positive treatment and possible cure means all sufferers have hope in the future and the hope of living a longer life expectancy. i feel on top of the world. it is like playing great in a game, knowing someone is listening to us. the hard work starts now for our amazing scientists to find an effective treatment. but, since then, how much of the £50 million has been awarded? according to campaigners, none at all. attempts to access the funding have been unsuccessful. scientists told individual research applications must be made, and the funding pot isn't ring—fenced for motor neurone disease. we submitted a proposal to the government spending review back in the autumn last year and it laid out a plan that would bring together a broad range of knowledge and expertise across the whole mnd research community in the uk. it involves 22 research centres across five universities. and in terms of timing, we knew that significant new money would have to wait until the

, that there may be a cure for mnd and there will be treatments for mnd in the future. lock doddie weir — also diagnosed with mnd — to raise awareness. so a special message today from an old friend. rob's indefatigable spirit has inspired an extraordinary response. his team—mate and best friend kevin sinfield ran seven marathons in seven days, then 101 miles in 2a hours. together, rob and kev have raised more than £a million for the motor neurone disease association and the leeds hospital chapter. back in windsor, rob's parents, irene and geoff, couldn't be more proud. we're absolutely thrilled to bits for robert and lindsey, you know, and he's such a lovely, lovely person, he deserves everything, you know, he's getting today, and we're so proud, aren't we? we are. i've hope, but i've got belief, as well. and i've got determinationjust like rob's always had in his career and everything he's done. so while we've got that, nothing's going to stop us. all the awards — we'd swap them, you know, for the treatment to be found. that's the main. and if — carry on raising awaren

and the mnd community is really special. haifa they're proud.s at windsor because of— see him for this. he was at windsor because of his _ see him for this. he was at windsor because of his award, _ see him for this. he was at windsor because of his award, quite - see him for this. he was at windsor because of his award, quite a - because of his award, quite a moment, quite a day. —— at windsor castle. moment, quite a day. -- at windsor castle. , �* , ., moment, quite a day. -- at windsor castle. , �*, ., .. moment, quite a day. -- at windsor castle. , �*, ., ., , castle. yes, it's wonderful to see, the more recognition _ castle. yes, it's wonderful to see, the more recognition we - castle. yes, it's wonderful to see, the more recognition we can - castle. yes, it's wonderful to see, the more recognition we can give| castle. yes, it's wonderful to see, i the more recognition we can give the burrow family, so well deserved what they have been able to do. not only for the mnd community but i think through some difficult couple of years with covid,

things for us all to be on the start line together, to run on behalf of leeds hospital charity and the mnd legacy would be. well, i've already been privileged enough to be at the event at the civic hall, where prince charles came and confirmed the city status, which is a big deal here. david cared about that so very much, and it's a really fitting tribute to his life. my own son is desperate to travel on the pier train that's been named after him, but his ongoing legacy will be told in time. you know, there are a lot of things that david was incredibly passionate about. you just need to google his name to see the reasons why he got into politics and the things, the hopes that he had for the city. it is my desperate hope that a lot of that will be realized in the fullness of time. do you see it still being carried out, that kind of work in that kind of way? yeah, i think so. certainly our new mp, anna firth, has committed herself to continuing the work of david's legacy. she's her own person. she has her own heart for the city as well, i'm sure. but there are many people who have sort of em

it is never early enough for mnd. it is such a devastating disease. it is never early enough.we need to make sure it comes through. i hope to be around to make sure it does. because i'm not going to relent. one of those working on a cure is this professor, devoting nearly three decades of his life to it. we have never been closer than now. the knowledge we've got is accelerating. so when i first started, for example, there was one clinical trial every 2—3 years. right now we've got between six and ten waiting to start. and that reflects the amount of knowledge and information we've got that lets us develop these new potential treatments. so we have never been closer than we are now to finding an effective treatment. do you believe in your lifetime you might see a cure for this disease? i think we are close to finding a cure for some people with motor neurone disease, yes. when i first started, i thought it was impossible. i think most of my colleagues would have probably agreed. but now i think there really is proper hope that we can actually effectively treat motor neurone di