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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

Father’s pledge to ‘pick up the ball’ from Doddie Weir in MND fundraising battle

A father of three diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) last year has pledged to “pick up the ball” and raise funds to try to find a cure for the condition after the death of Doddie Weir.

Weir, a former Scotland rugby international, raised millions of pounds for research into the condition after his own diagnosis with the condition.

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