Rob Burrow was a rugby league giant and a most extraordinary man
A flickering fire burned inside the inspirational former Leeds scrum-half despite the gravity of his motor neurone disease diagnosis
Rob Burrow: the rugby league great who inspired others after MND diagnosis – video obituary
The former rugby league star helped inspire almost £20m in fundraising to support people living with MND
Rob Burrow, former Leeds scrum-half, dies at 41, years after MND diagnosis
Rob Burrow, who won eight Super League titles with Leeds, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019
May 2024
‘I am very uncomfortable’: MND patient’s long wait for wheelchair
Delays at AJM Healthcare mean Rosy Bremer, 52, has spent hundreds on private hire
April 2024
People with MND in England and Wales fear losing access to life-extending drug
NHS cost threshold has not been raised by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence since 2004
March 2024
‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains
Scientists are just starting to discover how extreme heat and weather is linked to neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease – and can even affect babies in the womb. What can we do about it?
February 2024
‘Increasingly unbearable’: Jonathan Dimbleby criticises UK’s law against assisted dying
Exclusive: Broadcaster urges MPs to change law after younger brother died with motor neurone disease
January 2024
The Guardian view on medicine shortages: a global issue for which Britain needs a plan
Health secretary accused of failing to act on shortages of motor neurone disease drug
December 2023
‘Let’s look after each other’: Sinfield’s ultra effort for MND spreads the love
This is how we do it
This is how we do it: ‘His disability might change the sex we have, but we’ll adapt’
September 2023
‘I don’t want to suffer’: the case for assisted dying in Scotland
Ani, who has motor neurone disease, and Suzie, who watched her husband die in agony, share their reasons for wanting change
August 2023
Sandra Bullock’s partner Bryan Randall dies aged 57
The photographer, who Bullock described as ‘the love of my life’, died after a three-year battle with ALS, the most common form of motor neurone disease
