sorry. it s very nippy out here. also braving the cold fora quick dip. the idea of doddie aid is to do any exercise you want swimming, running, cycling, anything, and record it on the doddie aid app. you can alsojoin me. i ll be logging this big walk that i ve just done on the doddie app. this is lewis capaldi at the top of ben ho on the isle of col in the hebrides. walking up hills and mountains also counts as part of the six week challenge. yes. comejoin me and the doddie family and let s help find a cure for motor neurone disease. doddie weir. smashed it further. weir has scored. doddie aid was set up by doddie weir, the former scotland rugby international. he was a giant on and off the pitch. doddie was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2016 and almost immediately started campaigning for better treatment. he was determined to find a cure. doddie died in november. doddie aid is a key part of his legacy.
temperatures and getting out and doing some fitness. you are pretty fit. i doing some fitness. you are pretty fit. , ., , well this month thousands of people from all across the uk are getting active for the third annual doddie aid. the fundraising event is a tribute to scottish rugby legend doddie weir, who died in november, six years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. the idea is to do any exercise you want while raising funds to help find a cure for the disease. graham satchell reports. what are we doing here? we are, we re going to have a little dip in preparation for the doddie duke. former scotland rugby captain rob wainwright braving the cold as he kicks off this year s doddie aid. if you ve already done doddie aid before, you need to update the app and then get signed up. and we ve got a new feature. you ve got to form leagues. as he loses the power of speech, let s look at mike tindall. so it was that time.
we ll be discussing film tourism just after half past seven. and we ll be talking about the late, great doddie weir, as thousands of people get active for doddie aid and raise funds to help find a cure for motor neurone disease. sir chris hoy and the former scotland captain rob wainwright will be here to tell us all about it. let s focus now on the pressures facing the nhs the prime minister says he s taking urgent action to tackle the problem, but senior doctors are warning the health service is on a knife edge. breakfast s jayne mccubbin has been talking to patients and their families who ve been caught up in the crisis. alison made the first of many 999 calls at 630 on new year s day. this is mum and calls at 630 on new year s day. this is mum and dad calls at 630 on new year s day. ti 3 is mum and dad are s room. calls at 630 on new year s day. this is mum and dad are s room. that. calls at 630 on new year s day. this is mum and dad are s room. that is| is mum and dad are
the six week exercise challenge is also a competition. it divides those who enter into different districts and leagues. every individual bit of exercise done is counted on the app and then added to a leaderboard. now, in its third year, doddie aid has already raised a remarkable £2 million for research. there may even be a jedi league that you could join. so get signed up and continue doddie s campaign to create a world free of mnd. thank you. we ll be talking more about doddie aid with the olympic champion sir chris hoy and the former scotland rugby captain rob wainwrightjust after eight o clock. he had lost the power of speech at one point, but hopefully he has it back. i one point, but hopefully he has it back. .., .