Rugby League's Rob Burrow to read CBeebies Bedtime Story

Former Rugby League subordinate Rob Burrow is acceptable to work the CBeebies Bedtime Story connected the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Rob, who utilized to play for Leeds Rhinos, lives with centrifugal neurone illness (MND) and volition beryllium utilizing an eye-controlled machine to work the story.

The machine recreates the words successful his ain autochthonal Yorkshire accent.

Rob says helium is "excited and honoured" arsenic helium utilized to bask speechmaking to his ain children.

He was joined successful the CBeebies workplace by his woman Lindsey and 2 of their children, Maya, 7, and Jackson, 3.

The brace helped to nonstop their dada from the gallery, shouting "Action!" erstwhile the cameras began rolling.

He told the BBC: "Reading and literacy are truthful important. It doesn't substance what your disablement is, speechmaking is accessible to everyone.

"Anyone tin bask speechmaking and make a emotion of books and bedtime stories, conscionable similar maine and my family."

The publication chosen for his bedtime communicative is Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival.

It follows the communicative of a young miss who 1 time finds her satellite turned upside-down and has to find a caller mode to lick her problems.

Rob, 40, spent his full vocation with Leeds Rhinos, making implicit 400 appearances betwixt 2001 and 2017.

He is 1 of the astir palmy players successful the sport's history, winning 8 Super League championships.

In 2019 helium announced helium had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, which is simply a information affecting the encephalon and nerves, causing worsening muscular weakness.

Rob was awarded an MBE successful 2021 for his services to Rugby League and for his enactment successful the Motor Neurone community.

A fig of precocious illustration guests person been invited to work a bedtime communicative for the children's TV channel, including the Duchess of Cambridge, Dolly Parton and Sir Elton John.

Rob volition work the CBeebies Bedtime Story astatine 6.50pm connected Saturday 3 December (CBeebies and BBC iPlayer).