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‘Quiet’ send off for Captain Tom: War hero’s daughter says family are planning funeral that would be ‘suitable for him’ after his death aged 100 Captain Sir Tom Moore died on Tuesday after testing positive for Covid-19 Daughter Lucy Teixeira said the family is planning a ‘suitably quiet’ funeral National plans could include having an NHS … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore is fundraising from the grave as sales of charity NHS single You’ll Never Walk Alone surge 1864% in the days following his death Sales of Captain Sir Tom Moore’s single have surged in the wake of his death Sales and streaming of his version of You’ll Never Walk Alone surged by … Read more
A talented make-up fan has paid tribute to the life of Captain Sir Tom Moore by using cosmetics and body paint to make herself look like the war veteran, who died aged 100 on Tuesday. Tara Jenkins, 37, from Pembrokeshire, Wales, who has autism, shared a video of herself having used more than 60 brushes to make … Read more
The NHS trust that treated Captain Tom Moore for pneumonia admitted in a board meeting that a ‘significant proportion’ of its Covid patients caught the virus in hospital. Captain Tom, dubbed a national hero and knighted by the Queen for raising over £33million for NHS charities during the Covid crisis, died on Tuesday aged 100. … Read more
Ex-England rugby league captain Sam Burgess has been convicted of intimidating his father-in-law during a heated clash in the wake of his break-up with wife Phoebe. Burgess, who served two turns as captain of the English side in 2016 and 2017, was found guilty on Friday of intimidating Mitchell Hooke during an argument at Hooke’s home … Read more
Boris Johnson hints he will name a new hospital after Captain Sir Tom Moore in honour of the fundraiser who stole a nation’s heart Downing Street considering plans to name hospital after Captain Sir Tom Moore It came as the grandfather’s family welcomed the Mail’s rallying call for a statue Captain Tom touched the nation’s … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s grandson says it would be ‘really nice’ to have a statue of his war hero grandfather so people have somewhere to ‘pay their respects’ NHS fundraiser and WWII veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore died on Tuesday Mail has led the campaign for a permanent statue to be made in his honour … Read more
Sir Tom Moore was a wonderfully optimistic 100-year-old Yorkshireman who’s determination lifted the mood of the nation. I have defended his right to take one last holiday in Barbados with his lovely family and have toasted his extraordinary fundraising efforts. I understand why people would wish to publicly applaud him on their doorsteps – not … Read more
A black gay clergyman forced to apologise after calling the clap for Captain Sir Tom Moore a ‘cult of white British nationalism’ is now being investigated by the Church of England and is a hostile anti-Tory who has repeatedly called Boris Johnson and Priti Patel ‘oppressors’, MailOnline can reveal today. The Reverend Jarel Robinson-Brown, 29, has deleted his … Read more
TV presenter Beverley Turner, who has previously questioned lockdowns, has revealed she refused to clap in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore because she felt it maintained ‘the fear that imminent death is all around’. The journalist and broadcaster, 47, also appeared to object to the applause on the basis it had been used by … Read more