martin is climbing kilimanjaro to raise money for the spinal injuries association.is team includes members of the charity like ollie, stuart, a trauma nurse who helped to save martin's life... there we go, there we go. ..and steve, martin's best friend, always at his side. and also remember that although we are attempting to summit, the most important thing for all of you is to get home safely. everyone has a reason to go home, and that reason is there's nothing on the mountain that is more important than getting you home with all of your limbs back to your families. martin's family means everything to him. his wife, gabby, his mum, janice, his daughter, eve. manchester, 2017. the terror attack at an ariana grande concert killed 22 people and left hundreds injured. martin and his daughter, eve, were less than 20 metres away from the explosion. she was, sort of, fairly injured, you know. at the time she was 14 — she'll be 20 this year — but you know, she's seen all of her friends learning how to drive, go to university and do all of these things, and she has been abl

he has already raised around half of the £1 million target for the spinal injuries association.e story on the breakfast sofa tomorrow morning. tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of the deadly fire at grenfell tower in west london, in which 72 people died. and the problem of flammable cladding on blocks of flats is still an acute one. around a million people could still be living in blocks of flats with dangerous cladding, despite the government and property developers pledging £9 billion to put things right, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. the grenfell fire cost 72 lives and exposed a cladding scandal which has blighted hundreds of thousands more. theresa may: councils and housing associations must remove _ dangerous cladding quickly... boris johnson: leaseholders should not have to worry about the cost - of fixing historic safety defects that they didn't cause... michael gove: we've also got to do better in future _ to ensure that everyone, l across this country can live their life in safety and in dignity, in a home that is warm, - decent and safe. 200 miles nort

and around mountain are some key people — medical staff, members of the charity, the spinal injuries associationears. when salman abedi detonated his suicide bomb at the manchester arena, it killed 22 people and left hundreds injured. martin and his daughter eve were less than 20 metres away from the explosion. the attack left martin paralysed from the waist down. he was hit with 22 pieces of shrapnel. 0ne severed his spinal cord. martin has always been determined to turn an evil act of terror into a force for good. that's why i'm doing this, to show that, you know, don't write off somebody because in their wheelchair. look at what they can do when they've got the right help and support. they can climb mount kilimanjaro, you know. so there's a bigger narrative to it. feeling it on my arms now. but we'll get there, we'll get there. disabled people can literally do anything they want to do. so, hopefully, people see that and embrace disability and not turn their back on it. so, there's a long way to go, but hopefully doing this has highlighted, just how important, you know, help and support is. th

he is aiming to raise £1 million for the spinal injuries association. hardest. we have had so many viewers getting in touch to i people the hardest. we have had so| many viewers getting in touch to say they are _ many viewers getting in touch to say they are confused _ many viewers getting in touch to say they are confused about _ many viewers getting in touch to say they are confused about what - many viewers getting in touch to say. they are confused about what support they are confused about what support they can _ they are confused about what support they can get — they are confused about what support they can get from _ they are confused about what support they can get from the _ they are confused about what support they can get from the government. i they can get from the government. finance _ they can get from the government. finance expert— they can get from the government. finance expert iona _ they can get from the government. finance expert iona bain _ they can get from the government. finance expert iona bain is - they can get from the gover

he set up a justgiving page and hopes to raise money for the charity the spinal injuries association. to need everybody. so this is not a thing of, "right, he's done kilimanjaro," we all go back to work and... oh, no. you know, i'm going to still need everybody�*s help and support. you know, the revolution that i talked, you know — it starts today. all: martin's mountain! now it's time for a look at the weather. carol, we have heard the phrase carl pollan bomb thrown around this morning. we need to come from the measured voice of reason. tell us about the pollen. the pollen level is actually rising across england and wales over the next few days, especially from friday into sunday, but it will be very high for many of us or high. it is grass or nettle pollen we are talking about. if you have an allergy to those to bear that in mind. this morning, we sing quite a bit of rain moving steadily northwards and eastwards. it's all but played the final of england. we got the rain across scotland moving northwards. equally, some holes in the cloud and sums shunt —— some sunshine and showers. o

condition, so i have a degree of understanding of what martin is going through and what the spinal injuries association writing the poems help you, how does writing the poems help you, how does writing the poems help you? it poems help you, how does writing the poems help you?— poems help you? it causes me to go inside myself _ poems help you? it causes me to go inside myself and _ poems help you? it causes me to go inside myself and look _ poems help you? it causes me to go inside myself and look for _ inside myself and look for connection to people. lots of poetry seems to whizz past people's hence and i try to go deep and see where the point of connection is, and the poem after the bomb was a really special communal moment that is still in my life five years on. yesterday it was a manchester day. i was getting tweets. it was father's day, somebody sent me a tattoo of my words and there have been many of those. the experience after the bomb was overwhelming, it felt like a lightning rod for all that public feeling and it has caused me to look inside myself a lot over the past few years and try to fig

he set up a justgiving page and hopes to raise money for the charity the spinal injuries association.tain, but what i want to do longer term — we're going to literally have to move mountains. and that's going to be the big challenge, but i'm going to need everybody. so this is not a thing of, "right, he's done kilimanjaro," we all go back to work and... oh, no. you know, i'm going to still need everybody�*s help and support. you know, the revolution that i talked, you know — it starts today. good luck, martin. we will follow hisjourney good luck, martin. we will follow his journey here over the next few days. i loved it when he said, "are you in a bit!" what a way to go. he has you in a bit!" what a way to go. he: has trained and worked so hard for so long to get to that moment so even to get there is incredible. fantastic. , :, even to get there is incredible. fantastic. , ., :, even to get there is incredible. fantastic— even to get there is incredible. i fantastic._ and fantastic. great to see that. and ureat to fantastic. great to see that. and great to see _ fantastic. great to s

as you heard, martin is aiming to raise a million pounds for the spinal injuries association.ng to change. to get an idea of the kind of temperatures we are talking about, across the north 15 to 19 celsius. in ireland and southern scotland, the bulk of england and wales, 25 to 29 celsius and in the south—east 31, possibly 32. we had ploughed across northern ireland and scotland. some breaks in the planned further south. across england and wales, the cloud has been picking up for the other spot of rain and drizzle. some about the cloud will develop which will melt away later into the afternoon. —— sam fairweather cloud. temperatures 13 to 2a degrees. pollen levels today across much of england and wales will be high or very high. tomorrow they will be high across much of scotland as well as northern ireland, england and wales. this evening and overnight but we still have cloud across scotland and northern ireland with the fresh band of rain moving north. clear skies across england and wales. not a particularly cold night. temperatures falling to seven and 13. that leads us to a

and raise £1 million for the spinal injuries association.yllic. it does. i wasn't expecting it _ ahead. it looks idyllic. it does. i wasn't expecting it to _ ahead. it looks idyllic. it does. i wasn't expecting it to be - ahead. it looks idyllic. it does. i wasn't expecting it to be like i ahead. it looks idyllic. it does. i. wasn't expecting it to be like this. i thought it would be what we would expect on the crime, but it is stunning here. it's been nice to recharge the batteries. another day to go, a bit of r and r, sunbathing and chilling out. we have a five—hour drive in the morning to get to the foot of the mountain, and thatis get to the foot of the mountain, and that is when the real hard work starts. two years of hard work, hopefully, we have done what we need to get to the top. haifa hopefully, we have done what we need to get to the top-— to get to the top. how are you feelin: ? to get to the top. how are you feeling? i — to get to the top. how are you feeling? i know— to get to the top. how are you feeling? i know one _ to get t

martin is climbin- kiliman'aro to martin is climbing kilimanjaro to raise money for the spinal injury association. and remember that although we are attempting to summit, the most important thing for all of you is for you — important thing for all of you is for you to — important thing for all of you is for you to get home safely. everyone has a _ for you to get home safely. everyone has a reason — for you to get home safely. everyone has a reason to go home, and that reason _ has a reason to go home, and that reason is _ has a reason to go home, and that reason is that there is nothing on the mountain that is more important than getting you home in one piece with all— than getting you home in one piece with all of— than getting you home in one piece with all of your limbs back to your families — families. martin's family means families. — martin's family means everything to him. his wife, gabby, his mum, janice, his daughter, eve. manchester, 2017. the terror attack at and ariana grande concert killed 22 and left hundreds injured. martin and his daughter eve were less than 20 metres away from th