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| Coronavirus: Captain Tom Moore's NHS fundraiser nears £12m | |
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| A 99-year-old war veteran who is walking 100 laps of his garden before he turns 100 has raised nearly £12m for the NHS. | |
| Tom Moore originally wanted to raise £1,000 for NHS Charities Together by completing laps of his garden. | Tom Moore originally wanted to raise £1,000 for NHS Charities Together by completing laps of his garden. |
| But he has now hit almost 12,000 times his initial target thanks to donations from over 600,000 people online. | |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock earlier thanked Mr Moore for his efforts and said he was "an inspiration to us all". | Health Secretary Matt Hancock earlier thanked Mr Moore for his efforts and said he was "an inspiration to us all". |
| Mr Moore began raising funds to thank the "magnificent" NHS staff who helped him with treatment for cancer and a broken hip. | Mr Moore began raising funds to thank the "magnificent" NHS staff who helped him with treatment for cancer and a broken hip. |
| With the aid of a walking frame, he aimed to walk 100 laps of the 25-metre (82ft) loop in his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, in 10-lap chunks, before his 100th birthday. | With the aid of a walking frame, he aimed to walk 100 laps of the 25-metre (82ft) loop in his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, in 10-lap chunks, before his 100th birthday. |
| "Every penny that we get, they [the NHS] deserve every one of it," he said, as the total exceeded the £5m mark earlier. | "Every penny that we get, they [the NHS] deserve every one of it," he said, as the total exceeded the £5m mark earlier. |
| NHS Charities Together, which support health service charities and will benefit from the funds, said it was "truly inspired and humbled". | NHS Charities Together, which support health service charities and will benefit from the funds, said it was "truly inspired and humbled". |
| More than 600,000 people from around the world have donated money to his fundraising page since it was set up last week. | |
| Mr Moore, who is originally from Keighley in West Yorkshire, trained as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Army for World War Two, rising to captain and serving in India and Burma. | Mr Moore, who is originally from Keighley in West Yorkshire, trained as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Army for World War Two, rising to captain and serving in India and Burma. |
| When the fund hit £5m earlier Mr Moore's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore told the BBC the amount raised was "beyond our wildest expectations". | When the fund hit £5m earlier Mr Moore's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore told the BBC the amount raised was "beyond our wildest expectations". |
| At the government's daily press conference the health secretary said: "Captain Tom, you're an inspiration to us all, and we thank you." | At the government's daily press conference the health secretary said: "Captain Tom, you're an inspiration to us all, and we thank you." |
| Shortly before 06:00 GMT, the total raised had risen to just shy of £11,807,000. | |
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