Rob Burrow's family has told Sky News a ceremony to break the ground for a centre bearing his name is 'what he would have wanted' despite his death the day before. The former rugby league player and charity fundraiser died aged 41 on Sunday after a four-and-a-half-year battle with an incurable illness. The new £6m Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds will be a state-of-the-art facility designed to support the needs of people with MND .
' Read more:Prince William leads tributes to BurrowSinfield and Burrow's lessons in friendshipBurrow completes Father's Day fun run Before his death, Burrow had spearheaded a £6.8m charity appeal for Leeds Hospitals Charity, where he received care, for a centre for those with MND living in and around the city. Since his death was announced on Sunday evening, the appeal has received around 1,000 donations.
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