with a two huge matches to get things under way an inspiring story of friendship and hope kevin sinfield has raised millions of pounds for mnd. people living with the disease tell us they can t thank him enough. good morning to you. it s a clear cut tale of two halves this weekend with today largely cloudy and mild and tomorrow chillier but dry with plenty of sunshine. it looks like it was a chilli into next week as well but i will have more of that and the weekend s weather details right later on. it s saturday the fourth of february. our main story us defence chiefs say they have identified a second suspected chinese surveillance balloon, this time above south america. the first balloon was seen yesterday above the state of montana, in the north of the united states. it prompted washington to cancel a high level visit to beijing and accuse the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china has apologised but insisted it s simply a weather monitoring device which has
meeting doddie weir. that was a really important meeting for all of us, especially for rob. seeing doddie made me see the athlete in us all. he didn t want to lie down and just take it. doddie has certainly got that. live life, keep smiling and wake up every day fighting. the way doddie was attacking mnd, his positivity, his character was just so inspirational. after meeting doddie, i met stephen, another sportsman living with mnd. we all wanted to use our voices to raise awareness of the disease. hopefully, we can keep working together and keep pushing things forward so that we can eventually find that treatment or find a cure.